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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...

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...

Headwaters 2018, issue 1, volume 5

+ Rain Tax Sturm und Drang: Was the Fee Repeal Worth All the Storm and Stress? + Build It and They Will Come! + The Perfect Storm for Lake Ontario + Sustainable is Not Good...More info
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Orchard Point Oyster Company

Tending vessel cruises to the planting grounds
Scott helps position vessel over bottom cages
Oyster cages are lifted and placed on deck
Oyster cages being lifted from the growing area
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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