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Visit How a High Tech Mussel Farm Harvests 7,000 Pounds of Mussels per Day

How a High Tech Mussel Farm Harvests 7,000 Pounds of Mussels per Day

This video give a first-hand account on running a mussel farm by Bangs Island Mussels including on the water gear and husbandry and well as shore-side processing. Some highlights are seeding, socking, hauling and stripping machine, de-clumber, size grader, debyssing machine, automatic bagger/weigher/conveyor, and more.
Video 2021
Eater / Bangs Island Mussels
Visit Optimizing Production and Products for Scallop Aquaculture

Optimizing Production and Products for Scallop Aquaculture

Webinar about research on scallop aquaculture production and economics including comparisons of nursery and growout gear: lantern nets, pearl nets, ear hanging, pocket nets, rigid trays, and adhesives; tissue sampling and testing for biotoxins such as saxitoxin and domoic acid; evaluation of fouling communities; surveys of producers to understand economic inputs and outputs such as capital, labor, and yield; environmental data matched with growth data to better understand good scallop-farming sites.
Video 2021
Maine Sea Grant
Visit DMR Vibrio Control Plan Requirements – Guidance Document

DMR Vibrio Control Plan Requirements – Guidance Document

The goal of a Vibrio Control or Vibrio Management Plan is to control the safety of molluscan shellfish for human consumption by preventing unnecessary growth of bacterial pathogens resulting from improper or ineffective cooling or from time to temperature abuse.
PDF 2021
Maine DMR Bureau of Public Health
Visit DMR Shellfish Time and Temperature Guidance Document

DMR Shellfish Time and Temperature Guidance Document

The goal of these new requirements is to control the safety of molluscan shellfish for human consumption by preventing unnecessary growth of bacterial pathogens resulting from improper or ineffective cooling or from time to temperature abuse.
PDF 2021
Maine DMR Bureau of Public Health
Visit Aquaculture Education: Shellfish Sanitation

Aquaculture Education: Shellfish Sanitation

DMR Bureau of Public Health PowerPoint on shellfish and public health, National Shellfish Sanitation Program, Growing Area Classifications, Marine Sanitation Devices, Legal Notice for Pollution Closures, Closure Notifications, Emergency Closures, marine biotoxins, Biotoxin Sample Processing, High Risk Species, Biotoxin Illnesses, Vibrio bacteria, Control Plans, Best Management Practices, Shellfish Tags, Licensing to Harvest, Allowable sales, Winter Storage on Land, and Seaweed.
PowerPoint 2021
Maine DMR Bureau of Public Health
Visit Food Export USA-Northeast

Food Export USA-Northeast

This non-profit organization helps export Northeast food and agricultural products overseas since 1973. They provides a wide range of services to facilitate trade between local food suppliers and importers around the world including: export education, self-paced training & expert advice, customized export assistance, new market analysis, international marketing &branding, facilitate meetings with international buyers, and a cost-share funding program.
Website 2020
Food Export USA
Case Study

Rookie Mistakes

Everyone makes rookie mistakes in the beginning. Here are some learned lessons from Love Point Oysters to help give you a head start.

Ben Hamilton & Cameron Barner
2020
Visit Seafood in the Diet: Consumption Patterns at Retail and Food Service

Seafood in the Diet: Consumption Patterns at Retail and Food Service

This presentation, given by Dave C. Love, PhD, describes the current status of seafood consumption in the U.S. with a special focus on downstream stages of the supply chain (retail and food service) and their role in seafood availability, affordability, and nutrition.
Video 2020
National Aquaculture Association
Visit Shellfish Dealer Application Forms

Shellfish Dealer Application Forms

DMR shellfish dealer licenses and sanitation certificates application forms.
Website 2020
Maine DMR Bureau of Public Health
Case Study

Kelp Farming Realities

Growing kelp is great for the environment and here is what you'll need to know before starting a kelp farm from a phone interview with Briana Warner.

Briana Warner, Chief Executive Officer (phone interview)
2020
Visit Maine Enhanced Retail License Holders

Maine Enhanced Retail License Holders

List that contains the names and addresses of markets and restaurants that are licensed to purchase shellfish directly from harvesters, then sell them in the retail trade only.
Website 2020
Maine DMR Bureau of Public Health
Visit Aquaculture License Fact Sheet

Aquaculture License Fact Sheet

The Aquaculture License is now required in order to harvest and sell cultured organisms removed from an aquaculture lease or LPA license site.
PDF 2020
Maine DMR Division of Aquaculture
Visit Interstate Certified Shellfish Shippers List

Interstate Certified Shellfish Shippers List

List all interstate certified shippers that can ship fresh and frozen oysters, clams, mussels, whole or roe-on scallops and is published monthly.
Website 2020
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Visit Maine Certified Shellfish Dealers

Maine Certified Shellfish Dealers

Lists dealers that are certified under the NSSP to ship, or process shellfish for shipment, within and outside of the state of Maine.
Website 2020
Maine DMR Bureau of Public Health
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.
Website 2020
Kennebec River Biosciences
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.
PDF 2019
Maine Sea Grant
Visit From Harvest to Table: The Perfect Shellfish

From Harvest to Table: The Perfect Shellfish

This brochure reviews what Vibrio is and how to reduce illness from Vibrio by achieving and maintaining temperature controls when harvesting and transporting shellfish.
PDF 2018
East Coast Shellfish Growers Association
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.
PDF 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.
PDF 2015
Aquaculture in Shared Waters
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.
PDF 2015
Maine Sea Grant, University of Maine
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.
PDF 2014
Connecticut Sea Grant
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.
PDF 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.
PDF 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.
PDF 2013
Connecticut Sea Grant

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DMR Shellfish Time and Temperature Guidance Document

Aquaculture Education: Shellfish Sanitation

Food Export USA-Northeast

Rookie Mistakes

Seafood in the Diet: Consumption Patterns at Retail and Food Service

Shellfish Dealer Application Forms

Kelp Farming Realities

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Interstate Certified Shellfish Shippers List

Maine Certified Shellfish Dealers

Kennebec River Biosciences

Guidance to Maine oyster farmers on selling your product in-state

From Harvest to Table: The Perfect Shellfish

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

The Business of Aquaculture

Mud Blister Worms and Oyster Aquaculture

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

Dead and Dying Shellfish: What to Do?

Oyster Diseases of the Chesapeake Bay: Dermo and MSX Fact Sheet

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

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How a High Tech Mussel Farm Harvests 7,000 Pounds of Mussels per Day

Optimizing Production and Products for Scallop Aquaculture

DMR Vibrio Control Plan Requirements – Guidance Document

DMR Shellfish Time and Temperature Guidance Document

Aquaculture Education: Shellfish Sanitation

Food Export USA-Northeast

Rookie Mistakes

Seafood in the Diet: Consumption Patterns at Retail and Food Service

Shellfish Dealer Application Forms

Kelp Farming Realities

Maine Enhanced Retail License Holders

Aquaculture License Fact Sheet

Interstate Certified Shellfish Shippers List

Maine Certified Shellfish Dealers

Kennebec River Biosciences

Guidance to Maine oyster farmers on selling your product in-state

From Harvest to Table: The Perfect Shellfish

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

The Business of Aquaculture

Mud Blister Worms and Oyster Aquaculture

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

Dead and Dying Shellfish: What to Do?

Oyster Diseases of the Chesapeake Bay: Dermo and MSX Fact Sheet

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