It takes about 15 minutes to complete and 1 3/4 hours to correct. November: Yearly Review, Final ExamĪre we really going to have to take a final exam? Actually, it is the best way to review all of the lectures that were given during the year. This is a pretty important lecture, so please make a point of making this session. In order to do this, special care should be taken to make sure you don't lose everything that you worked so hard on. Now that summer is over and either the water will be getting too cold to work in or you are leaving for places where the sun always shines, it is about time to put everything away for the next 5-6 months. Here is a look at the oyster growing techniques of the Brittany Coast and the French Mediterranean, as well as the oysters of the Canadian Maritime Provence of New Brunswick. (no lecture this month) September: The Oysters of France and Canada This month we will be looking at all kinds of things that can happen with your oysters and how to tend to them. July: What the heck is going on with my oysters? Join the SPATsters in collecting information about how best to grow shellfish to adult size. So now that you can see your shellfish seed, what are you going to do with it? This is where all the fun begins with designing and keeping up with your own personal shellfish garden. June: Configuring and Maintaining the Garden The phase in aquaculture where nature and humans come together to maximize shellfish seed culture. Learn about Upwellers and Downwellers, FLUPSYs and Seston Flux. Shellfish nurseries cross between being technically advanced and extremely simple. May: Land-Based Upweller Nursery Operations Our shellfish are just getting ready to move all over. This is usually the last place they will live, give or take a few meters, for the rest of their lives, unless they are cultured. Just like the caterpillar that changes into the butterfly, shellfish larvae undergo metamorphosis and change into their smallest juvenile Spat. Learn advanced handling techniques used to maximize survival, growth and health of shellfish larvae. Join the microscopic world of trochophores and veligers as they dare to go the distance to becoming seed. This lecture discusses the various routines that larvae perform during the earliest part of their lives. Learn the tricks of the trade, including musical selection, lighting, heating and phenomenal suspensions.įind out what is necessary to condition and spawn scallops out of season in order to produce early seed in quantity.Īll shellfish have a larval cycle before becoming Spat. Few facilities in the country have this system and CCE will be one of the first in the Northeast to operate one.įebruary: Broodstock Conditioning & SpawningĮver wonder how shellfish are produced? Find out how bivalve mollusks get ready for spawning and what triggers them. Learn about the construction and operation of the new SEACAPS continuous algae culture system which is being installed in order to ramp up the production of scallops and other shellfish stocks for the season. Learn about the good the bad and the ugly algae species and find out why this critical base of the marine food chain affects shellfish from birth to death. This introduction to the lecture series addresses everything you ever wanted to know about algae but were afraid to ask. Please sign-up for the SPAT email for more updates and information on SPAT. We are continuing Zoom workshops in 2022 - and they will be the 3rd Thursday of the month. SPAT Lectures and Member Offerings Use the sign-up form to receive an email reminder. Please sign up for the email (right sidebar), for program updates. noon., at which time you can come down and tend to your oysters. Kim Tetrault, SPAT Director, is at the Marine Center on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday mornings between 8 a.m. If you are a member or want to become one, please make sure we have your application, and risk acknowledgement waiver. The SPAT Program at the Marine Center in Southold starts up in late spring and runs until about Thanksgiving time, when you can over-winter your oysters. Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on LinkedIn Share on Pinterest> SPAT Lectures
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