How UNCW Researchers Are Helping NC's Oyster and Shellfish Farmers
Like a bingo ball tumbler, the metal, barrel-shaped sorter spun around, shaking up the oysters until they fell through the appropriate holes that fit their age size.
The mollusks would then be opened and examined to gauge their health.
The oyster autopsies are just one of the many steps researchers and students at the Shellfish Research Hatchery, a 12,000-square-foot facility at the University of North Carolina Wimington's Center for Marine Science, conduct to help support North Carolina's growing mariculture sector...
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