Operated by the department for the Texas A&M AgriLife Experiment Station, the Aquacultural Research and Teaching Facility (ARTF) is dedicated to research and teaching that promotes development of asound biological basis for warmwater aquaculture and aquatic ecology. Amenities include laboratories, hatcheries for red drum and other species, and a 36-pond complex, all within 10 miles of the central Texas A&M University campus.
Aerial view of Aquacultural Research and Teaching Facility
Laboratories are equipped with more than 200 extensive flow-through and recirculating tank systems and a variety of modern research equipment for work in areas of nutrition, bioenergetics, environmental physiology, and developmental biology.
ARTF Wet Lab
The ARTF is located on 300 Aquatic Facility Road located on Highway 60 between College Station and Snook, only 10 miles from the Wildlife, Fisheries, and Ecological Sciences Building.