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Can Extensive and Intensive Oyster Farming Keep the Industry Alive in Virginia, USA?

Can Extensive and Intensive Oyster Farming Keep the Industry Alive in Virginia, USA?. 11 th International Conference on Shellfish Restoration November 19-22, 2008 Charleston, South Carolina, USA. T. Leggett. (1) , B. Goldsborough (2), J. Harmon (1) Chesapeake Bay Foundation

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Can Extensive and Intensive Oyster Farming Keep the Industry Alive in Virginia, USA?

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  1. Can Extensive and Intensive Oyster Farming Keep the Industry Alive in Virginia, USA? 11th International Conference on Shellfish Restoration November 19-22, 2008 Charleston, South Carolina, USA T. Leggett. (1), B. Goldsborough (2), J. Harmon (1) Chesapeake Bay Foundation (1) PO Box 412, Wicomico, VA, 23184, USA, (2) Chesapeake Bay Foundation, 6 Herndon Ave., Annapolis, MD, 21403,

  2. Harvesting the Chesapeake

  3. CBF Promotes Oyster Aquaculture

  4. Oyster Farming Gains Momentum Non native EIS Blue crab decline

  5. Non Native Oyster EIS Triggers Interest in Aquaculture

  6. CBF Working on Solutions for Virginia Oyster Industry 260 bu sterile native spat on shell planted; 937 bu harvested in 1.5 years 2 month old spat on shell 5 inch, 2 year old sterile native oysters First Day of Harvest

  7. Virginia Restoration Fund Supports Triploid Spat On Shell Project Setting larvae for Cowart Seafood Corporation, July 2007 Planting triploid spat on shell in York River, August 2007

  8. Enter the Cow Nose Ray

  9. Can Watermen Make a Living Planting and Harvesting Triploid Spat on Shell? Waterman William Hicks and family set up and operate a spat on shell production facility with funding from the Campbell Foundation.

  10. A Second Waterman Trained to Produce Spat on Shell

  11. Funding to Train a Tangier Island Waterman To Grow Oysters

  12. VMRC Waterman Retraining Program for Oyster Aquaculture

  13. Rapid Growth of Triploid Virginica ’07 and ’08 York River Singles from Cage culture ’07 Ware River Spat on Shell, Summer ‘08

  14. Industry Mechanizing

  15. ECONOMICS • Half shell market: .15-.45 each depending on marketing strategy • Spat on shell: $25-$35/bu Will this Work? I’m optimistic

  16. What is the Potential for Expansion and What are the Probable Issues? Water quality, Shellfish and Aquaculture Enhancement Zones Cow Nose Rays

  17. Acknowledgements • Keith Campbell Foundation for the Environment • VA Restoration Fund • Virginia Institute of Marine Science • Cowart Seafood and Bevans Oyster Co. • Virginia Marine Resources Commission

  18. Questions?

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