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Being a Good Aquaculture Lease Applicant

Tips on getting through the lease hearing process from a veteran oyster farm owner.

Bill Mook, business owner
2020
Visit DMR Biotoxin Monitoring Guidance Document

DMR Biotoxin Monitoring Guidance Document

Guidance document for industry that identifies areas DMR has deemed a high biotoxin risk and specific management criteria for safe harvest.
2020
Maine DMR Bureau of Public Health
Visit Research, Development and Education Priorities for the Aquaculture Sector in Maine

Research, Development and Education Priorities for the Aquaculture Sector in Maine

This report is based on the research priorities survey conducted in June 2019 of Maine’s aquaculture community and is compared with surveys from 2012 and 2016 to look at trends. There have been some changes in the prioritization of needs since 2016, but many of the same research, development, and education (R&D&E) needs persist and remain unaddressed. As expected, there are different R&D&E priorities for different aquaculture sectors.
2020
Maine Aquaculture Innovation Center
Visit National Shellfish Sanitation Program (NSSP)

National Shellfish Sanitation Program (NSSP)

A federal/state cooperative program recognized by the U. S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Interstate Shellfish Sanitation Conference (ISSC) for the sanitary control of shellfish produced and sold for human consumption.
2020
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Visit Kennebec River Biosciences

Kennebec River Biosciences

A global fish and shellfish health lab, we offer you top-quality diagnostics, import/export inspections, and veterinary solutions from consultation to custom vaccines.
2020
Kennebec River Biosciences
Visit Conduct of Aquaculture Lease Hearings

Conduct of Aquaculture Lease Hearings

Fact sheet on aquaculture lease hearings which are an adjudicatory hearing. It also includes the criteria for issuing aquaculture leases.
2020
Maine DMR Division of Aquaculture
Visit Vibrio Fact Sheet

Vibrio Fact Sheet

General overview of Vibrio sp. and how consumers can avoid Vibrio-related illness by following current health advisories and proper handling.
2019
East Coast Shellfish Growers Association
Visit FAQs- Public Lease Hearing

FAQs- Public Lease Hearing

Explains how to participate in a hearing, testimony, questions, public support or opposition, intervenor, and after the hearing.
2019
Maine DMR Division of Aquaculture
Visit Transporting Tips for Perfect Shellfish

Transporting Tips for Perfect Shellfish

Five tips to follow for proper transportation of shellfish using a refrigerated truck.
2019
East Coast Shellfish Growers Association
Visit Goods and Services of Marine Bivalves

Goods and Services of Marine Bivalves

The aim of this open access book is to review and analyze the goods and services of bivalve shellfish.
2019
Springer Link
Visit The State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture: Meeting the Sustainable Development Goals

The State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture: Meeting the Sustainable Development Goals

In-depth paper on the implementation of the United Nations’ 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its 17 Sustainable Development Goals.
2018
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Visit Shellfish Aquaculture is GOOD for the Environment!

Shellfish Aquaculture is GOOD for the Environment!

This brochure explains the benefits of shellfish aquaculture for the environment including improving water quality, increasing species diversity, removing excess nitrogen, and not needing fertilizers, chemicals, or antibiotics.
2018
East Coast Shellfish Growers Association, Rhode Island Sea Grant
Visit Harmful Algae: A Compendium Desk Reference (executive summary)

Harmful Algae: A Compendium Desk Reference (executive summary)

Provides basic information on harmful algal blooms (HAB) such as causes, most common species, successful management and monitoring programs, control, prevention, and mitigation strategies, economic consequences, associated risks to human health, and impacts on food webs and ecosystems.
2017
Connecticut Sea Grant
Visit Shellfish Biosecurity: Risks, Management & Best Practices Bivalve Shellfish Physiology, Pathogens, Diseases

Shellfish Biosecurity: Risks, Management & Best Practices Bivalve Shellfish Physiology, Pathogens, Diseases

Presentation on oyster pathogens and diseases such as MSX, SSO, dermo, and Vibrio, testing protocols, long-term management, oyster predators & pests, the difference bewteen infection and disease, disese prevention, biosecurity, risk evaluation, pathogen surveillance, and zonation.
2016
Kennebec River Biosciences
Visit The Business of Aquaculture

The Business of Aquaculture

Reviews the keys to running a successful business; the four P's of marketing, wholesale distributors, risks, and sales.
2015
Aquaculture in Shared Waters
Visit Maine Seafood Study

Maine Seafood Study

A study the researched and inventoried the seasonality, sources, and market utilization of locally produced seafood within the state and help educate food consumers at many different levels about the opportunities for gaining access to Maine seafood.
2015
Coastal Enterprises, Inc.
Visit Northeastern U.S. Aquaculture Management Guide: A manual for the identification and management of aquaculture production hazards

Northeastern U.S. Aquaculture Management Guide: A manual for the identification and management of aquaculture production hazards

Intended to help prospective farmers to identify, record, monitor, and manage production hazards, and ultimately minimize production-related risk. Discusses types of risk in aquaculture, record keeping, environmental conditions, biofouling organisms, predators, diseases, parasites, invasive species, and operational procedures.
2014
Northeast Regional Aquaculture Center, USDA
Visit Dead and Dying Shellfish: What to Do?

Dead and Dying Shellfish: What to Do?

Fact sheet designed to try to improve the growers knowledge on the process to contact a professional who can examine dead or dying shellfish to determine the cause and how to get the shellfish to them for analysis.
2013
Northeastern Regional Aquaculture Center
Visit For Consumers of Molluscan Shellfish: Safe Handling, Storage, and Cooking Practices

For Consumers of Molluscan Shellfish: Safe Handling, Storage, and Cooking Practices

This brochure reviews safe handling, storage, and cooking practices that shellfish consumers should follow to prevent illness.
2013
Connecticut Sea Grant
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Shellfish Aquaculture and the Environment

Focuses primarily on the environmental sustainability of shellfish aquaculture including resource enhancement, habitat restoration, eutrophication, the impacts of farms on water quality, and harvest methods.
2011
Connecticut Sea Grant
Visit Harmful Algae and Marine Aquaculture in the Northeastern United States

Harmful Algae and Marine Aquaculture in the Northeastern United States

Reviews harmful algae blooms including conditions for biotoxin formation, detection, management, and common types of HAB's in the northeast.
2010
Northeastern Regional Aquaculture Center
Visit Shellfish Sanitation & HACCP Guidelines

Shellfish Sanitation & HACCP Guidelines

This book was designed with Certified Shellfish Dealers in mind and gives detailed information about HACCP Plans (Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point), monitoring of Daily Sanitation practices, SSOP (Sanitation Standard Operating Procedures), Tags, Tagging & Transportation of Shellstock, Wet Storage Standard Operating Procedure, and more.
2007
Maine DMR Bureau of Public Health
Visit Shellfish Handling, Tagging, and Labeling

Shellfish Handling, Tagging, and Labeling

Slideshow summarizing the regulations for shellstock and shucked shellfish handling, sanitation, tagging, and labeling for the state of Maine
2004
Maine DMR Bureau of Public Health
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QPX Disease

Fact sheet on QPX (Quahog Parasite Unknown) a Protozoan parasite of hard clams, Mercenaria mercenaria, including history, infection and mortality, guidelines for management, and how to determine if hard clams are infected.
2000
Connecticut Department of Agriculture

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National Shellfish Sanitation Program (NSSP)

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Conduct of Aquaculture Lease Hearings

Vibrio Fact Sheet

FAQs- Public Lease Hearing

Transporting Tips for Perfect Shellfish

Goods and Services of Marine Bivalves

The State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture: Meeting the Sustainable Development Goals

Shellfish Aquaculture is GOOD for the Environment!

Harmful Algae: A Compendium Desk Reference (executive summary)

Shellfish Biosecurity: Risks, Management & Best Practices Bivalve Shellfish Physiology, Pathogens, Diseases

The Business of Aquaculture

Maine Seafood Study

Northeastern U.S. Aquaculture Management Guide: A manual for the identification and management of aquaculture production hazards

Dead and Dying Shellfish: What to Do?

For Consumers of Molluscan Shellfish: Safe Handling, Storage, and Cooking Practices

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Being a Good Aquaculture Lease Applicant

DMR Biotoxin Monitoring Guidance Document

Research, Development and Education Priorities for the Aquaculture Sector in Maine

National Shellfish Sanitation Program (NSSP)

Kennebec River Biosciences

Conduct of Aquaculture Lease Hearings

Vibrio Fact Sheet

FAQs- Public Lease Hearing

Transporting Tips for Perfect Shellfish

Goods and Services of Marine Bivalves

The State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture: Meeting the Sustainable Development Goals

Shellfish Aquaculture is GOOD for the Environment!

Harmful Algae: A Compendium Desk Reference (executive summary)

Shellfish Biosecurity: Risks, Management & Best Practices Bivalve Shellfish Physiology, Pathogens, Diseases

The Business of Aquaculture

Maine Seafood Study

Northeastern U.S. Aquaculture Management Guide: A manual for the identification and management of aquaculture production hazards

Dead and Dying Shellfish: What to Do?

For Consumers of Molluscan Shellfish: Safe Handling, Storage, and Cooking Practices

Shellfish Aquaculture and the Environment

Harmful Algae and Marine Aquaculture in the Northeastern United States

Shellfish Sanitation & HACCP Guidelines

Shellfish Handling, Tagging, and Labeling

QPX Disease