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 Market Analysis of Maine Farm-raised Sea Scallops Market Analysis of Maine Farm-raised Sea Scallops This report assesses the potential market environment for Maine farm-raised sea scallops including political, economic, social, technological, environmental, legal/regulatory, strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats. 2019 Coastal Enterprises, Inc., rbouvier consulting
Visit Guidance to Maine oyster farmers on selling your product in-state Guidance to Maine oyster farmers on selling your product in-state Summarizes some simple ways that holders of a valid Maine Aquaculture License can get their shellfish to market. 2019 Maine Sea Grant
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 Does a Flip-Bag System Produce a Better Eastern Oyster? Does a Flip-Bag System Produce a Better Eastern Oyster? Reviews tide–flipped bags or baskets ability to produce a more attractive and commercially valuable Eastern oyster for the half–shell market. Found that flip-bag oysters grow slower but had a wider fan, deeper cup, heavier shell, yielded more meat, were less fouled, and required less labor to maintain. 2017 East Coast Shellfish Growers Association, Roger Williams University
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 Maine Farmed Shellfish Market Analysis Maine Farmed Shellfish Market Analysis A data-driven, quantitative market assessment that informs industry leaders and business owners about the potential scale and scope of markets for farmed shellfish and to facilitate strategic growth in the industry. 2016 Gulf of Maine Research Institute, The Hale Group LTD
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 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 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 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 Mud Blister Worms and Oyster Aquaculture Mud Blister Worms and Oyster Aquaculture Report on the mud blister polychaete worm, Polydora websteri, including a description, life history, settlement, burrowing, treatments, and biosecurity. 2015 Maine Sea Grant, University of Maine
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 A Comparison of Bottom and Floating Gear for Growing American Oysters (Crassostrea virginica) in Southeastern Massachusetts A Comparison of Bottom and Floating Gear for Growing American Oysters (Crassostrea virginica) in Southeastern Massachusetts A study compared how oysters grew in floating cages versus bottom cages that determined that generally oysters grew faster and survival and condition index were higher in floating gear. 2014 Woods Hole Sea Grant, Cape Cod Cooperative Extension
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 Oyster Diseases of the Chesapeake Bay: Dermo and MSX Fact Sheet Oyster Diseases of the Chesapeake Bay: Dermo and MSX Fact Sheet Fact sheet on Dermo disease, Perkinsus marinus, and MSX disease, Haplosporidium nelsoni, including geographic distribution, history, biology, epizootiology, environmental influences, control measures, and diagnostic methods. 2013 Virginia Institute of Marine Science
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 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 Intertidal Lentz System Bag Culture of Oysters Intertidal Lentz System Bag Culture of Oysters The intent of the Lentz system is to grow a superior quality oyster while utilizing less labor that will enable significant operation cost reduction and this presentation describes a large trial grow out study of this system. 2010 Alaska Sea Grant
Visit Exploring Options to Reduce Polydora Infestations on Maine Oyster Farms Exploring Options to Reduce Polydora Infestations on Maine Oyster Farms Explores husbandry and equipment solutions to infestations of Polydora websteri, a marine polychaete worm, on a Maine oyster farm. 2010 Maine Sea Grant
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 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