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Aquaculture

My Farm is Underwater!

Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2021 - 1:00pm to 2:00pm
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My Farm is Underwater! Presented by Don Webster, State Specialist Aquaculture Aquaculture, or underwater farming, is the production of aquatic plants and animals. Plants are raised for ornamental purposes, human food and protecting shorelines from erosion. Animals include finfish or shellfish grown...

Remote Setting Systems: Producing Spat on Shell Oyster Seed for Aquaculture

Remote setting is a technique that uses hatchery larvae to produce spat on shell for planting oyster grounds. The method has been successfully employed as a key part in building the Maryland oyster aquaculture industry. This manual covers system components, operation and management and is used for...
oyster aquaculture in Maryland
UME to Partner in $10M Multi-Institutional Aquaculture Research Project
Jul 16, 2020
University of Maryland Extension (UME) faculty are partnering in a multi-institutional aquaculture research project, led by UMD’s A. James Clark School of Engineering and funded by a $10 million...

Nutrient Credit Trading Could Expand Maryland Oyster Aquaculture

Researchers from the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science (UMCES) conducted a study to evaluate the potential effect of nutrient credit trading on the growth and profitability of Maryland’s aquaculture industry. Nutrient credit trading is a market approach to lowering the cost of...

Oyster Aquaculture Production Systems

Oyster aquaculture in Maryland is carried out using both traditional bottom leases as well as newer water column leases that utilize containment gear to produce single oysters. This manual describes the different types of production methods that can be used to build an aquaculture business and is...
Fish at the Baltimore Fish Market
University of Maryland Extension to partner in land-based aquaculture program through Maryland Sea Grant
Nov 12, 2019
University of Maryland Extension is partnering with Maryland Sea Grant and University of Maryland, Baltimore County, to study aquaculture of Atlantic salmon in land-based fish farm facilities. The $1...

Hydroponic or aquaponic urban farms

Urban Ag home | Table of contents Figure 3: Basil grown hydroponically in a plug floated in a foam mat on top of a tank of water, at Envista Farms at Southern Friendship Missionary Baptist Church, in Temple Hills, MD. Photo by Neith Little, UMD Extension. Hydroponics means growing plants using...

Winter Wonders | 4-H Embryology | UME Aquaculture Staff Magazine Feature-Jan2019

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Barron Island Oyster Company

Oyster Farmers Get a Leg Up in the Business
Sep 23, 2015
James Pitcher grabs a rope dangling off his wooden dock and hauls up a cage filled with dripping oysters. The shellfish are growing in knotty clumps, and they’re getting big. "This is a lot of last...

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