About Us
Fish Health Center / Fish Technology Center / Genetics Lab
Warm Springs Fish Technology Center is part of the National Fish Hatchery System - a network of fish hatcheries, fish health centers, fish technology centers, and the Aquatic Animal Drug Approval Partnership program. Together they provide services that help us manage aquatic resources, protect the health of our wild and hatchery-raised fish, and recover threatened and endangered species. The unparalleled conservation efforts of this system not only enhance aquatic species and their habitats, but also improve fishing opportunities for our Nation’s 58 million recreational anglers.
Fish Tech Centers
Warm Springs Fish Technology Center plays a leading role in guiding the science and technology that is foundational to species and habitat conservation in the United States, including assisting with the recovery of endangered, threatened, and declining populations of fish and other aquatic species, preventing the spread of aquatic invasive species invasive species
An invasive species is any plant or animal that has spread or been introduced into a new area where they are, or could, cause harm to the environment, economy, or human, animal, or plant health. Their unwelcome presence can destroy ecosystems and cost millions of dollars.
Learn more about invasive species , and improving fish culture technology and culture protocols.
The Warm Springs Fish Technology Center (FTC) conducts research to develop and improve fisheries management goals within the South Atlantic-Gulf and Mississippi Basin Regions and in other U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Regions across the country. We provide expertise in conservation genetics and cryopreservation.
Our Mission
Fish Tech Centers play a leading role in guiding the science and technology that is foundational to species and habitat conservation in the United States, including assisting with the recovery of endangered, threatened, and declining fish stocks, and improving fish hatchery culture technology and culture protocols.
Warm Springs FTC primarily services the South Atlantic-Gulf and Mississippi Basin Regions, but also works throughout the entire country.
Our History
FTCs were established in 1984 by the Service to provide technical and scientific leadership and guidance to the fish culture community. The Warm Springs Fish Technology Center (WSFTC) was established in 1993 to strengthen fish culture and fish management-related technology development within the southeast and support other program areas through outreach.
Other Facilities in this Complex
The Warm Springs Fish Technology Center is co-located with the Warm Springs Fish Health Center and Warm Springs National Fish Hatchery. The Fish Technology Center maintains the Southeast Conservation Genetics Lab located at Auburn University.
