House Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #2257 Scallop Hatchery at University of South Florida
Requester:	Norman J. Blake		Organization:		University of South Florida
Project Title:	Scallop Hatchery at University of South Florida		Date Submitted:		01/28/2000 4:19:39 PM
District Member:	Nancy Argenziano		Service Area:		Regional
Counties Affected:	Pinellas
Recipient:	USF / Marine Science		Contact:		Norman Blake
	140 7th Avenue South		Contact Phone:		(727) 553-1521
	St. Petersburg 33701
Project Description:
A bay scallop hatchery at the University of South Florida for stock enhancement, restoration, and commercial development. Bay scallop adults will be spawned at the hatchery to produce viable larvae. These larvae will be held and cultured at the hatchery until they reach approximately 5 mm in size. At this time the scallop seed can be transported to Citrus County for enhancement, restoration and commercial purposes.
Services Provided/Benefit to State:
Provice scallop seed for enhancement, restoration and commercial purposes. To help restore bay scallop stocks since natural populations are too low to recuperate on their own. Restoring bay scallop stocks will not only help provide a sustaining natural population but allow recreational scalloping to return to much of Florida's West Coast. In addition to restoring bay scallop stocks along the West Coast of Florida, the scallop seed provided by the hatchery can be used for economic development of commercial bay scallop aquaculture operations.
Measurable Outcome Anticipated:
The hatchery has the capacity to produce 250,000 five mm seed scallop. This seed can be planted for restoration of natural populations or cultivated by trained fishermen for economic development.
Amount requested from the State for this project this year:				$85,000
Total cost of the project:		$105,000

Request has been made to fund:			Operations
Is there Local Government or Private match for this request?					Yes
				In-Kind Amount:	$30,000
Was this project previously funded by the State?					No
Is future-year funding likely to be requested?					No
Was this project included in an Agency's Budget Request?					Unknown
Was this project included in the Governor's Recommended Budget?					Unknown
Is there a documented need for this project?					Yes
	Documentation:	Economic element of Citrus County Comprehensive Plan; IFAS survey of 1998
Was this project request heard before a publicly noticed meeting of a body of elected officials (municipal, county, or state)?					No