The LMRCSC funds research to support the development of an economically and environmentally sustainable marine aquaculture industry, including studies on biological and physical conditions for rearing fish and shellfish, studies on the husbandry, physiology, genetics, immunology, metabolism, pathology and disease-resistance, chemical ecology, reproduction, and nutrition of aquaculture species, development of fish meal free diets, impacts of HABs, and methods to optimize growth, production and sustainability in aquaculture systems. We also support research on the assessment of environmental, social and economic impacts of aquaculture in order to improve the efficiency and sustainability of environmentally friendly shellfish and finfish cultivation.