UM-Crane Aquaculture Facility

Faculty Supervisor: Dr. Curry Woods

The University of Maryland's Crane Aquaculture Facility (UM - CAF) is a 4000 square foot state-of-the-art recirculation aquaculture facility with a supporting prep area. It includes a brood-stock module with 4-10,000 liter fiberglass culture tanks, biofilter, degassing column, protein skimmer, mechanical drum filter, and oxygen injection and ozonation systems. In addition, there are 2 separate, identical 26,000 liter (total volume) research modules each consisting of 10-1,600 liter tanks with accompanying filters and hardware. The facility has computer controlled and monitored environmental conditions. The Aquaculture Teaching Lab (ATL), located in the Animal Science Building, includes a small recirculation system that is designed to support undergraduate teaching. An accompanying , fully equipped hatchery located in the Animal Research Wing of the Animal Sciences Building is used for fertilization experiments. It has 12-200 liter raceways, a micro-bead filter and 48-4 liter McDonald hatching jars.