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Development of Hatchery Capacity in Maryland

JORDAN SHOCKLEY BLUE OYSTER ENVIRONMENTAL

Overview

1. Site Considerations 2. Production Goals 3. Market 4. Start-up Impediments

Site Considerations

• Important factors to consider
• Salinity
• Temperature
• Tidal Exchange
• Surrounding land/infrastructure
• Proximity to setting location
• Historical Data
• Important to determine annual variability in water quality to determine extremes

Production Goals

• Diploid vs Triploid
• Strain ratio
• Who are your customers?
• In house production vs outside sales
• Where are your customers?
• Understanding out of State disease testing

requirements and import certificates

• What do your customers want?
• Strain
• Size
• Seasonal demands
• Holding Strategies
• Wintering seed

Market Demands

• High demand for Triploid Seed
• 90% Triploid
• Other 10% preferred triploid but would accept diploid
• Out of state Demand
• 1. New Jersey
• 2. North Carolina
• 3. Delaware
• 4. Virginia
• Size Demands
• Spring/Fall – Higher demand for 6-12 mm seed
• Summer – Higher demand for Larvae – 4mm seed

Start-up Impediments

• Workforce Considerations
• Attracting skilled and experienced workers
• Distance
• Start-up Capital
• Expensive equipment
• High Overhead and operating cost
• Food Considerations
• Live Feed vs Paste/Bottled Diet
• Advantages and Disadvantages of both
• Permitting
• MD-DNR
• Site plan
• Production overview / Floor plan
• Source of broodstock
• Ploidy
• MDE
• Intake and Discharge
• Daily Limits
• Algae production
• Species
• Volume of feed

Questions