Delaware’s Pilot-scale Shellfish Hatchery Supports Industry Renewal
Since launching in 2022, Delaware’s first industry-serving, pilot-scale shellfish hatchery, a compact, high-tech facility located on the University of Delaware’s Lewes campus, has been steadily supplying seed oysters to farmers, researchers and restoration projects throughout Delaware.
Before the arrival of the hatchery, oyster farmers in Delaware often lacked access to larvae and seed oysters. Now, UD and Delaware Sea Grant professionals working at the hatchery are able to produce and distribute remote set spat on shell and seed oysters, with more than 1 million distributed to farmers...
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