Hybrid striped bass national breeding program: research towards genetic improvement of a non-model species

Authors: Fuller, Adam; Beck, Benjamin; Rawles, Steven - Steve; Green, Bartholomew - Bart; LI, CHAO - Auburn University; PEATMAN, ERIC - Auburn University; Childress, Catherine; GAYLORD, T. GIBSON - Us Fish And Wildlife Service; Barrows, Frederic; McEntire, Matthew - Matt

Submitted to: Proceedings of US-Japan Natural Resources Panel on Aquaculture
Publication Type: Proceedings
Publication Acceptance Date: 10/8/2015
Publication Date: 11/14/2015
Citation: Fuller, S.A., Beck, B.H., Rawles, S.D., Green, B.W., Li, C., Peatman, E., Childress, C.J., Gaylord, T., Barrows, F., Mcentire, M.E. 2015. Hybrid striped bass national breeding program: research towards genetic improvement of a non-model species. Proceedings of US-Japan Natural Resources Panel on Aquaculture. p. 30-31.

Interpretive Summary: The hybrid striped bass (HSB) farming industry at present relies almost totally on wild broodstock for annual production of larvae and fingerlings, and industry efforts to domesticate the parent species of the HSB (white bass: WB, crossed with striped bass: SB) have been fairly limited in scope. At the USDA-ARS HKD Stuttgart National Aquaculture Research Center (SNARC), multiple areas of research are being pursued, with the end result being to provide HSB producers with a better performing line of broodfish. Among the areas of research that are currently being pursued at SNARC to advance these efforts are: 1) the development of genetic and genomic resources for WB and SB; 2) the molecular and physiological results of alternative production and broodstock diets on HSB and parental species; and 3) the molecular and physiological results of exposure to different production environments. An overview of these findings is discussed in the paper.

Technical Abstract: The hybrid striped bass (HSB) farming industry at present relies almost totally on wild broodstock for annual production of larvae and fingerlings, and industry efforts to domesticate the parent species of the HSB (white bass: WB, Morone chrysops; striped bass: SB, M. saxatilis) have been fairly limited in scope. At the USDA-ARS HKD Stuttgart National Aquaculture Research Center (SNARC), multiple areas of research are being pursued, with the end result being to provide HSB producers with a better performing line of broodfish. Among the areas of research that are currently being pursued at SNARC are: 1) the development of genomic resources for WB and SB; 2) the molecular and physiological consequences of alternative production and broodstock diets on HSB and parental species; and 3) the molecular and physiological consequences of exposure to different production environments. An overview of these findings will be discussed.