水产养殖提供了超过50％的海鲜供人类食用。作为粮食生产增长最快的部门，每年以10％的速度增长，它改变了全世界的渔业和渔业管理战略。水产养殖专业硕士课程侧重于可持续水产养殖的环境，技术，社会，经济，法律和政治方面。该计划涵盖规划和开发的所有阶段，从场所和物种选择到可行性研究，资源评估，孵化场和成长期技术以及商业化。重点放在商业上重要的海洋鱼类以及虾和软体动物的环境可持续性上。<br> <br>该计划结合了迈阿密大学实验孵化场（UMEH）的广泛实验室课程和丰富的实践经验，与亲鱼，产卵，幼体饲养，活饲料生产，苗
The Rosenstiel School's Aquaculture Program is a recognized leader in aquaculture science and fish hatchery technology. Students in the Aquaculture MPS track learn innovative approaches to address the important and contentious issues that shape the future of sustainable and economically viable aquaculture practices, technologies, and policies. Our Aquaculture program places an emphasis on close collaboration with research institutions, industry leaders, environmental organizations, government agencies, and regulators. Through these partnerships, our Aquaculture program spearheads advanced technology for hatchery and sustainable offshore aquaculture development both domestically and internationally.<br><br>Aquaculture provides over 50% of the seafood for human consumption, is the fastest growing sector of food production, and has reshaped the seafood industry and fisheries management strategies worldwide. The Aquaculture MPS track focuses on the environmental, technological, social, economic, legal, and political aspects of sustainable aquaculture. The program covers all stages of planning and development, from site and species selection to feasibility studies, resource evaluation, hatchery and grow-out technology, business and production planning, seafood market and marketing strategies and commercialization. Emphasis is placed on the environmental sustainability of commercially important marine species, including fish, shellfish, and macroalgae.<br><br>The program combines extensive laboratory courses with substantial hands-on experiences at the University of Miami Experimental Hatchery (UMEH), working with broodstock, spawning, larval rearing, live feed production, nurseries, and shipping/transport. Furthermore, students have the opportunity to participate in a field course, depending on the semester offered, that allows for intensive experience in commercial-scale marine aquaculture.