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Visit Getting to Know Your Water

Getting to Know Your Water

Provides a summary of direct and indirect environmental factors that may affect your site selection for your marine aquaculture business.
2016
Aquaculture in Shared Waters
Visit Husbandry

Husbandry

Good husbandry is critical to success and this gives a general overview of its importance.
2016
Aquaculture in Shared Waters
Visit Kelp Aquaculture

Kelp Aquaculture

General overview about kelp farms, kelp markets, and kelp food options.
2015
Aquaculture in Shared Waters
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.
2014
Connecticut Sea Grant
Visit New England Seaweed Culture Handbook

New England Seaweed Culture Handbook

Details how to set up a seaweed nursery including how to make seawater media, temperature and light parameters, biology, cultivation, and culture systems.
2014
Connecticut Sea Grant
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 Kelp Farming Manual: A Guide to the Processing, Techniques, and Equipment for Farming Kelp in New England Waters

Kelp Farming Manual: A Guide to the Processing, Techniques, and Equipment for Farming Kelp in New England Waters

An in-depth guide on kelp farming including how to set up a farm, the application process, nursery set-up, maintaining cultures, and farm site operations.
2013
Ocean Approved
Visit Shellfish Upweller Silo Construction: 101

Shellfish Upweller Silo Construction: 101

This fact sheet reviews the method for constructing a cylindrical silo for an upwelling system.
2010
Northeastern Regional Aquaculture Center
Visit Softshell Clam Culture: Hatchery Phase, Broodstock Care through Seed Production

Softshell Clam Culture: Hatchery Phase, Broodstock Care through Seed Production

Aquaculture of softshell clams (Mya arenaria), also called “steamer clams”, has grown steadily and is becoming a significant industry in New England. Examined in this fact sheet are specific aspects of softshell clam production during the Hatchery Phase and a description of variations in management practices at three shellfish facilities: two in Massachusetts and one in Maine.
2010
Northeastern Regional Aquaculture Center
Visit Softshell Clam Culture: Basic Biology and General Culture Considerations

Softshell Clam Culture: Basic Biology and General Culture Considerations

Brief overview of softshell clam distribution, habitat, life cycle, predators, disease, harvest, marketing, and aquaculture.
2010
Northeastern Regional Aquaculture Center
Visit Shellfish Upweller Nurseries

Shellfish Upweller Nurseries

Reviews upwelling techniques for growing juvenile shellfish including different design considerations pros and cons and locations.
2010
Roger Williams University
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 Marine Aquaculture Species for the Northeast

Marine Aquaculture Species for the Northeast

A brief introduction to current commercial production species, potential commercial species, and experimental species including the hard clam (quahog), eastern oyster, blue mussel, softshell clam, macroalgae, bay scallop, European oyster, surf clam, sea scallop, and more.
2008
Northeastern Regional Aquaculture Center
Visit Guide to Sampling and Identifying Larvae of Species of Maricultural Interest

Guide to Sampling and Identifying Larvae of Species of Maricultural Interest

In depth study on larval development, sampling and observation methods, calculation of density, larval measurements and identification, and comparison between certain species.
2004
New Brunswick Department of Agriculture, Aquaculture and Fisheries
Visit Record Keeping for Shellfish Aquaculture

Record Keeping for Shellfish Aquaculture

Reviews the importance of recording growth and environmental data, estimating number of seed, and provides template data sheets to record this information.
2003
Rutgers Cooperative Extension
Visit A Low Cost Floating Upweller Shellfish Nursery System: Construction and Operations Guide

A Low Cost Floating Upweller Shellfish Nursery System: Construction and Operations Guide

Construction guide for the Cornell System FLUPSY using off-the-shelf components including instructions, diagrams, and images.
2002
Cornell Cooperative Extension

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Seaweed Culture in New England

New England Seaweed Culture Handbook

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

Kelp Farming Manual: A Guide to the Processing, Techniques, and Equipment for Farming Kelp in New England Waters

Shellfish Upweller Silo Construction: 101

Softshell Clam Culture: Hatchery Phase, Broodstock Care through Seed Production

Softshell Clam Culture: Basic Biology and General Culture Considerations

Shellfish Upweller Nurseries

Best Management Practices Template

Aquaculture Systems for the Northeast

Marine Aquaculture Species for the Northeast

Guide to Sampling and Identifying Larvae of Species of Maricultural Interest

Record Keeping for Shellfish Aquaculture

A Low Cost Floating Upweller Shellfish Nursery System: Construction and Operations Guide