Today tropical aquaculture is the fastest growing form of food production in the world with nearly half of the seafood on the market being tropical raised. The mission of the Tropical Aquaculture is to enhance the understanding of tropical, ornamental aquaculture through research.Coastal ponds are the main target, but other marine production systems, including fish cages and raised systems (hatching in tanks with a water recycling system), are also under study,based on practices commonly used in Tropical aquaculture.