The Oyster Project is dedicated to oyster restoration in the estuaries of Massachusetts. Oyster reefs provide shelter for 100 other species including shrimp, eels, lobsters and the young of many commercial species. Oysters also are tremendous water cleaners as each filters 30 gallons of water per day.
Wednesday, March 27, 2013
Maine Shellfish Aquaculture Course Enrolling Now
If you are interested, this facility and faculty have a terrific reputation. I wish I could go and learn more about raising oysters. Come to think of it, I do feel a flu coming on....
Techniques in Shellfish Aquaculture
SMS 309/598
Darling Marine Center
June 17-21, 2013
Techniques in Shellfish Aquaculture is a one week residential course where participants explore the theory and practice of marine bivalve aquaculture as practiced in the northeastern
United States. This is an intense, “hands-on” class with strong laboratory and field methods components.
Topics covered include:
reproductive biology
genetics
algal culture
larval rearing
shellfish pathology
site selection
water quality
ecological impacts
For more information, contact:
Linda Healy, Events Coordinator
Darling Marine Center
(207) 563-3146
lhealy@maine.edu
or
Dr. Chris Davis, Instructor
School of Marine Sciences
(207) 832-1075
cdavis@midcoast.com
or
Dr. Anne Langston
Aquaculture Research Institute
(207) 356-2982
anne.langston@umit.maine.edu
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