» Our Focus Mariculture currently comprises one-third of global seafood farming the majority of which is freshwater with marine finfish and shellfish being the fastest growing segment within aquaculture. Asia is by far the main contributor, with 84% of world aquaculture production. China contributes 60% of Asia's production, and this constitutes about half of the total world production. India is the second major Asian producer with 17.4% of the region's total, followed by Japan with 6%.  The USA ranks 11th with 1.1% of the global aquaculture production by weight. Aquaculture produces only 5% of the world supply of marine fish. These marine fish are cultured in tanks, ponds, cages, coves and bays. Marine fish are mainly cultured outside the USA in Canada, Europe, Mediterranean, Australia and Asia.  Marine fish culture in the U.S. is expected to rise with the increasing demand for consumer product and decreasing yield from marine fisheries. Marine aquaculture constitutes one third of US aquaculture with Salmon and clams being the dominant species.  Globally, high-value marine species include Salmon which is the most widely farmed followed by other species such as Red, Black and Silver Sea Bream, Puffer, Amberjack, Seabass, Turbot, Sea Trout, Steelhead, Halibut, Haddock, Grouper, Red Drum, Yellowtail, and Cod. Research on the culture potentials of several species such as fluke, black sea bass, red snapper and cobia has made important discoveries towards their artificial spawning, larval culture, nutrition and culture systems. To date, the growing marine fish culture industry is constrained by technical and biological factors such as, limited amount of larval production, nutrition, diseases and non-biological factors like energy cost and sluggish expansion of American consumer demand. However, the continued research and development in the scientific community both in the US, Europe and Asia will assure steady improvement in the management and the refinement of culture systems. The efficient and rapid transfer of research into the private and commercial sectors should provide cutting edge technology and competitive advantages to U.S. mariculturists. We at Mid-Atlantic Aquatic Technologies aim to keep abreast of developments within the scientific community. We will focus on larval and tank grow-out and pass the benefit of our efforts to our partners, clients and ultimately consumers. To this end, we will seek technical assistance from southern state universities and various aquaculture enterprises on how we can continually improve our culture systems..