UNCW CMS Shellfish Research Hatchery
College University
Why pick this one
UNCW CMS Shellfish Research Hatchery conducts oyster breeding and triploidy research in a 12,000-square-foot marine bivalve propagation facility.
Best for
- Oyster selective-breeding research
- Triploidy performance research
- Bay scallop, pen shell, or sunray Venus clam culture development
- Shellfish farmers seeking technical collaboration or field testing
- Students seeking applied hatchery operations experience
Specialties
- Selective breeding of oysters
- Triploidy performance research
- Bay scallop culture practices
- Pen shell culture practices
- Sunray Venus clam culture practices
What makes them different
- 12,000-square-foot facility for propagating early life stages of marine bivalves
- Microalgal culture facility designed to produce about 4,000 liters per day
- Seawater system delivers 100 gallons per minute of filtered, temperature-controlled seawater
- Approximately two-acre aquaculture demonstration site for grow-out research
- Year-round operations since 2011
Distilled from this business's own website.
Contact & Location
- Address
- 5600 Marvin K Moss Ln, Wilmington, NC 28409-3621
- Phone
- +19109622389
- Website
- https://uncw.edu/research/major-programs/shellf...
- wilbura@uncw.edu
Services
- Shellfish aquaculture research
- Hatchery propagation of marine bivalves
- Technical support for shellfish resources
- Industry and public outreach
- Student applied learning