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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 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 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 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
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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 Biosecurity on the Farm - Guidelines & Resources for Developing a Biosecurity Plan

Biosecurity on the Farm - Guidelines & Resources for Developing a Biosecurity Plan

Reviews the benefits of developing a biosecurity plan and a step by step outline on how to developed a plan based on the characteristics of the facility.
PDF 2010
Northeastern Regional Aquaculture Center
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.
Website 2010
Maine Sea Grant
Visit Juvenile Oyster Disease of Eastern Oysters

Juvenile Oyster Disease of Eastern Oysters

Fact sheet on juvenile oyster disease (JOD) including background on the disease and etiological agent, known geographical range, host species, epizootiology, signs of disease, diagnostic procedures, procedures for transportation, and storage of samples.
PDF 2004
Rutgers University
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Factors Affecting Health of the Oyster

Fact sheet on factors causing pathological changes in oysters, categories of bivalve pathology, preventative care information, and factors regulating oyster stock density.
PDF 2000
Connecticut Department of Agriculture
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Roseovarius Oyster Disease

Fact sheet on roseovarius oyster disease (ROD), previously known as juvenile oyster disease (JOD) including infection, mortality, resistance, and how to determine if an oyster is infected.
PDF 2000
Connecticut Department of Agriculture
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MSX Disease

Fact sheet on MSX, caused by a single‐celled Protozoan parasite Haplosporidium nelsoni, including transmission, history, epizootic, resistance, infection, mortality, and management.
PDF 2000
Connecticut Department of Agriculture
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Dermo Disease

Fact sheets on dermo disease, caused by a single‐celled Protozoan parasite Perkinsus marinus, including transmission, environmental factors, stages of the infection, and how to determine if oysters are infected.
PDF 2000
Connecticut Department of Agriculture, Connecticut Sea Grant
Visit A Guide to Bivalve Diseases for Aquaculturists in the Northeastern U.S.

A Guide to Bivalve Diseases for Aquaculturists in the Northeastern U.S.

Reviews common diseases of marine bivalves such as MSX, dermo, juvenile oyster disease, bonamiasis, hemic neoplasia, gonadal neoplasia, and QPX, and available means for preventing or minimizing their impacts.
PDF 1999
Maine Sea Grant
Visit History and impact of MSX and Dermo Diseases on Oyster Stocks in the Northeast Region

History and impact of MSX and Dermo Diseases on Oyster Stocks in the Northeast Region

In depth review of natural history and distribution, transmission, diagnostic methods, environmental influences, control measures and management recommendations for MSX disease and dermo disease.
PDF 1993
Northeastern Regional Aquaculture Center

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History and impact of MSX and Dermo Diseases on Oyster Stocks in the Northeast Region

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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

Biosecurity on the Farm - Guidelines & Resources for Developing a Biosecurity Plan

Exploring Options to Reduce Polydora Infestations on Maine Oyster Farms

Juvenile Oyster Disease of Eastern Oysters

Factors Affecting Health of the Oyster

Roseovarius Oyster Disease

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A Guide to Bivalve Diseases for Aquaculturists in the Northeastern U.S.

History and impact of MSX and Dermo Diseases on Oyster Stocks in the Northeast Region