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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 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 Penobscot Bay: Scallop Farming

Penobscot Bay: Scallop Farming

Presentation on what was learned from Japan, the world leaders in scallop aquaculture, including lantern nets, spat bags, grading, washing, and recipes.
2016
PenBay Farmed Scallops
Visit Aomori Ear-Hanging Machinery

Aomori Ear-Hanging Machinery

As part of an ongoing and productive relationship, a delegation from Maine visited the gear supplier Mutsu Kaden Tokki Co., Ltd. located in Aomori Prefecture, Japan. This video reviews the gear needed for the Japanese scallop aquaculture industry technique called 'ear-hanging'.
2015
Maine Sea Grant
Visit Sea Scallop Farming in Maine: Seed Handling and Bottom Cages

Sea Scallop Farming in Maine: Seed Handling and Bottom Cages

This video is narrated by Dana Morse and reviews how to collect sea scallop spat and grow your seed in bottom cages.
2014
Maine Sea Grant
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 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
Visit Shellfish Aquaculture and the Environment

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 Best Management Practices Template

Best Management Practices Template

Use this to create your own farm-specific Best Management Practices (BMP) document use this template, a Microsoft Excel file in macro format.
2010
East Coast Shellfish Growers Association
Visit Aquaculture Systems for the Northeast

Aquaculture Systems for the Northeast

Overview of popular finfish and shellfish aquaculture systems (husbandry & gear) used in the northeast including bottom culture, near bottom culture, water column culture, surface culture, hatchery land-based systems.
2008
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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Sea Scallop Farming in Maine: Seed Handling and Bottom Cages

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

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

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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

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

Penobscot Bay: Scallop Farming

Aomori Ear-Hanging Machinery

Sea Scallop Farming in Maine: Seed Handling and Bottom Cages

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

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

Best Management Practices Template

Aquaculture Systems for the Northeast

Shellfish Sanitation & HACCP Guidelines

Shellfish Handling, Tagging, and Labeling