Indoor aquarium system for ornamental fish culture.

Japanese scientists study indoor aquarium system used for ornamental fish culture.

Concrete coffins used for ornamental fish culture in central Florida.

Ornamental being cultured for the Florida aquarium industry Clown Loach (Botia macracantha)

Clown Loach (Botia macracantha) in an aquarium at the Florida Institute of food and Agricultue Laboratroy

Dr. Megan Davis, Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution discussing culture of culture queen conch, Strombus gigas,

Juvenile strombus gigas on sandy bottom in flow-through tank.

Clam hatchery and nursery at the Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute. Dr. Megan Davis is studying clam in hanging baskets in flow through system.

Close up of clams in hanging baskets in flow through system at the Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute.

Ornamental aquarium fish being cultured at the Harbor Branch Oceanographi Institute.

Juvenile Atlantic sturgeon in a conservation culture project at the University of Florida, Department of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences Program

Dr. Frank Chapman at the Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences in Florida discusses the culture of Atlantic sturgeon.

Circular tank at the Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences aquaculture laboratory is covered to maintain temperature during Florida's winter months. Tank contains juvenile Atlantic sturgeon.

Atlantic sturgeon grown from juvenile as part of conservation project at the Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences aquaculture laboratory.

A good picture of algae culture tanks with different colors showing different densities and different species being cultured for feeding to larval fish. Note full spectrum lights reflecting on tanks to stimulate growth.

Juvenile Strombus gigus on sandy bottom of tank. This is part of the shellfish culture program at Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute.

Dr. Megan Davis, Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute, holds large Strombus gigas to illustrate size of adult while discussing culture of this mollusc with Dr. James McVey NOAA and others.

Eels orienting to feeding cage at Japanese eel farm in Shizuoka Prefecture Anguilla japonica, freshwater eel

Eels orienting to feeding cage at Japanese eel farm in Shizuoka Prefecture Anguilla japonica, freshwater eel

Paddle pumps to aerate eel pond under heated greenhouse. Temperature is kept above 86 degrees Fahrenheit or 30 degrees Celsius. Anguilla japonica.

Paddle pumps to aerate eel pond under heated greenhouse. Temperature is kept above 86 degrees Fahrenheit or 30 degrees Celsius. Anguilla japonica.

Freshwater eel, Anguilla japonica, sorting and transport device. Anguilla japonica.

Freshwater eel, Anguilla japonica, sorting and transport device. Freshwater eel, Anguilla japonica, sorting and transport device.

Freshwater eels, Anquilla japonica, orienting to current in feeding basket.

Fallow eel culture pond showing aeration paddle machine on pond floor bottom.

Fallow eel culture pond showing transport table, aeration machine and extensive pipe structure. Freshwater eel, Anguilla japonica.

Giant crab for sale at Shiogama market in Japan

Anadara sp and Mactra sp for sale at the Shiogama market in Japan.

Buccinum sp (whelk) for sale at Shiogama market in Japan.

Corbicula clam for sale at Shiogama market in Japan.

Marine crab packed in sawdust at Shiogama market in Japan.

Marine oysters, Crassostrea gigas, for sale at the Shiogama market in Japan.

Packages of dried squid in the center and nori, porphyra, on the sides for sale that the Shiogama market in Japan.

Live octopus for sale that the Shiogama market in Japan.

Clams, Mactra chinensis, for sale at the Shiogama market in Japan.

Neptunia, a type of whelk, sold for food at the Shiogama market in Japan.

Live octopus for sale at the Shiogama market in Japan.

Patinopecten caurinus scallop for sale that the Shiogama market in Japan.

Salmon roe and octopus packaged for sale at the Shiogama market in Japan.

Salmon roe (eggs) marked for sale at the Shiogama seafood market in Japan.

Marine shrimp for sale at the Shiogama seafood market in Japan.

Spidercrab on ice for sale at the Shiogama seafood maket in Japan.

Squid for sale at the Shiogama seafood market in Japan.

A street market in Northern Japan in the early morning getting ready for sales.

A Tapes species of clam bagged for sale at the Shiogama seafood market in Japan.

Freshly caught Tuna being sorted and marked for shipment to Japanese seafood markets.

Venders displaying their products at the Shiogama seafood market.

A jar of cultured soft-shell turtle eggsmarked by harvest lot at a Japanese turtle farm.

Bamboo raft culture of oysters with net strung between stakes for algae culture. Matsushima Bay, Japan

Rope used in oysters culture on a dock in Japan. Note some of the scallop shells that had been used for spat settlement.