Tony Vaught of Professional Aquaculture Services and President of the California Aquaculture Association (CAA) has been appointed to serve on the Ocean Resources Enhancement Advisory Panel (OREHP). Vaught will serve a three-year term, which began on May 11, 2021. Dr. Dallas Weaver will serve as the alternate to Vaught.
About OREHP:
The Ocean Resources Enhancement and Hatchery Program (OREHP) is an experimental hatchery program investigating the feasibility of using cultured marine finfish to successfully enhance wild fish populations White Seabass are spawned and reared at a hatchery in Carlsbad, which is owned and operated by Hubbs-SeaWorld Research Institute (HSWRI). The hatchery provides juvenile White Seabass, 4 inches in length, to 13 grow-out facilities operated by volunteers throughout southern California. The fish are held at the grow-out facilities until they are ready for release, typically at around 8 to 10 inches in length.
OREHP is one of the few stocking programs dedicated to assessing the biological and economic impacts of its releases, and it is the only program of its kind on the West Coast of North America. Through its responsible approach and extensive, self-imposed scientific review process, OREHP has established itself as a model for stocking programs worldwide.
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