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For commercial growers, we recommend triploids due to their significantly faster growth. Contact us if this is something your organization is interested in! A 25% conditioning fee will apply. These spawns generally consist of wild oysters harvested from the body of water being restored. In the past we have partnered with a variety of non-profit environmental groups to provide wild diploid larvae spawned specifically for oyster restoration efforts. These oysters have a degree of disease resistance, robust shell growth, and favor moderate salinities. Ware River- Wild oysters from the Ware River, a tributary of Mobjack Bay. Lolas- Selected for fast growth in low-salinities.Ĭross Breeds- (XB) Good all around oyster, seems to do better in higher salinities Bag to Beach is a combination of Rack & Bag cultivation & Beach cultivation. This is the first year of what is designed to be a three year project.We offer customers a selection of broodstock to suit the needs of any particular grow-out site.ĭebys- An excellent, proven all around performer, good across a range of salinities Two additional variations are Bag to Beach and Tumbling.

In a collaboration spearheaded by local commercial fisherman Carl Sjolund, NRD partnered with Madaket Admiralty Association, Nantucket Shellfish Association, Nantucket Land Council, and the Madaket Conservation Association to place 180,000 quahog seed within Nantucket and Madaket Harbors for recreational use when they reach harvestable size. This information is necessary as we look to permit the greater oyster reef restoration project.

The oyster larvae and shell bags are being held at the hatchery to measure growth and settling rates.

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Give the bag a shake and a flip every few weeks and watch your oysters grow Floats, zip ties and mesh bags are all UV-resistant for durability. Simply empty some seed oysters into a float bag and tie it off to your dock. In conjunction with the Shell Recycling Program the Natural Resources Department began its proof of concept trials for spawning oysters and getting them to set on the recycled shell collected from local restaurants. FLOAT BAGS Float bags are an easy and inexpensive way to start growing some oysters of your own. This report can be taken and repeated by NRD in the future to keep updating the map to see how the eelgrass is changing from year to year. We hope to have a final map and report available for use by the end of the year. Final ground checking is scheduled to take place the last two weeks of September. In the summer of 2015 the Natural Resources Department worked with Charles Costello of MassDEP to map all of the eelgrass resources within Nantucket and Madaket Harbors. Spat bags are collected bi-weekly through out the season. The larvae can swim in attached to the material inside and are then unable to swim out after they have grown.

Spat bags have been deployed in areas around the harbor to help measure the amount of Nantucket Bay Scallop larvae throughout the harbor. The goal of this project is to increase the density of scallops in certain areas to help maximize breeding success of the native populations. Spawning cagesĬages have been deployed in close proximity to one another in areas in the Head of the Harbor.

To date this field season the hatchery has produced 50 million larvae. The habitat is evaluated by underwater surveys completed by Natural Resources Department staff. After holding the resulting larvae for 10-14 days it is released into areas deemed suitable habitat. Nantucket Bay Scallops are conditioned and triggered to spawn with the spat collected. Hatchery ProjectsĬontrolled spawns and larval release of Nantucket Bay Scallops.Ĭonducted weekly spawns of native stock to spawn in the hatchery setting. To follow the project and for more details please see the project link in the menu to the left. The project being funded by the Town of Nantucket, Community Preservation Funds, and private donations will be entering the first phase of construction in the late summer of 2015. The facility, originally moved by the United States Coast Guard to the site in the early 1900's, is in need of significant restoration and updating. Over the past two years the Natural Resources Staff have worked towards a complete restoration and rehabilitation on the Brant Point Shellfish Hatchery. Brant Point Shellfish Hatchery Renovation

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