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Visit How to Use The Maine Aquaculturist

How to Use The Maine Aquaculturist

Listen in as Carissa Maurin and Chris Vonderweidt, from the GMRI Aquaculture Program, lead a webinar (originally recorded on 4/13/21) teaching users the basics about The Maine Aquaculturist – a free to use aquaculture business knowledge portal - and how it can be an asset for aquaculture businesses.
Video 2021
Gulf of Maine Research Institute
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 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 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 Aquaculture Farm Financial Management During the Pandemic

Aquaculture Farm Financial Management During the Pandemic

Dr. Carole Engle, a specialist in aquaculture economics, gives an overview on how to survive during cash deficits using short-term cash management plans and determining how much debt is too much to take on by calculating the debt to asset ratio.
Video 2020
Engle-Stone Aquatic$ LLC
Visit Aquaculture Business Planning

Aquaculture Business Planning

Matt Parker, aquaculture business specialist, presents basic business concepts such as writing a business plan, developing pro forma statements, costs associated production, and record keeping to determine the costs of production.
Video 2017
North Central Regional Aquaculture Center, University of Maryland Sea Grant
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.
PowerPoint 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'.
Video 2015
Maine Sea Grant
Visit Marketing Cultured Oysters

Marketing Cultured Oysters

Video of a workshop that goes over niche marketing for raw bar cultured oysters, differentiating your product on qualities and adapting your marketing pitch, how to target key buyers and get maximum return.
Video 2015
East Coast Shellfish Growers Association
Visit Cash-Flow Based Planning for Aquaculture Businesses

Cash-Flow Based Planning for Aquaculture Businesses

Dr. Carole Engle, a specialist in aquaculture economics, discusses cash-flow for aquaculture businesses, how to maintain a positive cash-flow position, and common pitfalls in developing a cash-flow budgeting.
Video 2014
National Aquaculture Association, Engle-Stone Aquatic$ LLC
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.
Video 2014
Maine Sea Grant
Visit Seaweed Culture in New England

Seaweed Culture in New England

A 6-part tutorial on culturing economically valuable seaweeds for New England and a visual companion to the Handbook for Seaweed Culture in New England.
Video 2014
Connecticut Sea Grant
Visit Build a Drum Nursery Silo

Build a Drum Nursery Silo

Dr. John Supan demonstrates how to build a drum silo to raise oyster seed.
Video 2013
Louisiana Sea Grant

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

Aquaculture Farm Financial Management During the Pandemic

Aquaculture Business Planning

Penobscot Bay: Scallop Farming

Aomori Ear-Hanging Machinery

Marketing Cultured Oysters

Cash-Flow Based Planning for Aquaculture Businesses

Sea Scallop Farming in Maine: Seed Handling and Bottom Cages

Seaweed Culture in New England

Build a Drum Nursery Silo