Evaluation and Development of Oyster and Seaweed Culture on the Eastern Shore, Nova Scotia

Bill and Stanley Oyster Company recently took over mussel aquaculture leases, that hadn’t been used by farmers for the past few years, on the Eastern Shore of Nova Scotia. Taking advantage of the infrastructures already in place, the company started to grow oysters in suspended cages to test the sites potential for aquaculture. The company also expressed an interest in diversifying their crops and wants to develop seaweed culture as a new cash crop. This project has two general objectives. First, develop a monitoring program for the oysters which will serve as a database for decision making for R&D to optimize their oyster culture. Second, monitor the growth and seasonality of local seaweeds of economic value already growing on-site and start to develop seaweed culture.

Faculty Supervisor:

Neil Ross

Student:

Partner:

Bill and Stanley Oyster Company;Aquaculture Association of Nova Scotia

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Agriculture; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Dalhousie University

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