Fisheries & Aquaculture Research

The impact of Rutgers fisheries and marine research can be felt extend far beyond the shores of New Jersey. Faculty, students and staff at Rutgers SEBS and NJAES undertake a diverse breadth of research to support academic programs, to help resource managers and the public to better understand marine resources, and how to best sustain them.

The Institute of Marine & Coastal Sciences (IMCS) provides national and international leadership in marine science and is New Jersey's focal point for education, research, and service in estuarine, coastal, and ocean environments. IMCS is dedicated to developing, communicating, and understanding change and sustainability in marine and coastal ecosystems, and to shaping future directions for the use and protection of vital marine and coastal resources.

The Center for Deep-Sea Ecology & Biotechnology (CDSEB) facilitates and integrates deep-sea ecological and biotechnological research at Rutgers and the scientific community at large. CDSEB has an active, ongoing program of molecular genetic analyses of deep-sea and other marine organisms and houses the world's largest collection of ultra-low frozen organisms from deep-sea hydrothermal vents and cold-water sulfide methane seeps.

The Haskin Shellfish Research Laboratory (HSRL) is located at Bivalve and Cape Shore on the Delaware Bay. HSRL has over a 100-year tradition of disseminating research results and working cooperatively with state and federal agencies and the fisheries and aquaculture communities in New Jersey.

Rutgers Cape Shore Laboratory is located on the shore of Delaware Bay near Cape May. The facilities include quarantine hatchery space, dry lab space, culture systems (land based nursery and a quarantine holding system) for non-native oyster species. The site also includes 5 acres of intertidal flats used for field grow out of oysters and clams. Research projects include pilot scale production and field grow out of the surf clam, evaluation of surf clams for aquaculture; breeding of disease resistant oysters; hybridization of disease resistant oysters; and Delaware Bay population studies of horseshoe crabs.