The Shellfish Harvester Education vibrio training course will be on May 19, 2022 from 6-8PM via Zoom. This short course will be on vibrio (first hour) and marketing (second hour) presented by Bob Rheault and hosted by the RWU Shellfish Program team. This vibrio training is required for the Dockside Program (RI Recreational Permit).
The annual Applied Shellfish Farming Course will be put ON HIATUS FOR SPRING 2022. But be sure to come back next year in 2023! Traditionally the class runs weekly from the end of January through the end of May. In efforts of addressing COVID-19 concerns in RI and on the Roger Williams University campus, the course will be offered in a remote (online) setting only.
Roger Williams University’s Center for Economic and Environmental Development will be offering our Applied Shellfish Farming course for business start-ups in the region (and beyond). This non-credit course consists of 15 evening lectures (Tuesday’s 6:30 to 9:00 PM) over four months that cover the range of information you may need to help with starting or improving your farm. Participants will learn the basic principles of hatchery, nursery and grow-out operations, risk management, siting, permitting, and business management.
The course will be entirely remote in 2023 in an effort to keep participants and the Roger Williams University community safe. Weekly live-meetings paired with our website will allow participants to ask questions they may have about the aquaculture topics discussed that evening. Each class will also be recorded for later viewing, if needed by the participants. Over the last four years there have been remote only participants that have successfully taken this course in 24 states and 8 countries.
If you plan on taking the course please drop a note to appliedshellfishfarming@gmail.com and we will get back in touch with you with more details on how to sign up for and tune in to the course. More information is available under the FAQ page of this website.
The annual Applied Shellfish Farming Course will be held again in 2021; running weekly from January 26th through May 4th. In efforts of addressing COVID-19 concerns in RI and on the Roger Williams University campus, the course will be offered in a remote (online) setting only.
Roger Williams University’s Center for Economic and Environmental Development will be offering our Applied Shellfish Farming course for business start-ups in the region (and beyond). This non-credit course consists of 15 evening lectures (Tuesday’s 6:30 to 9:00 PM) over four months (starting on January, 26th 2021) that cover the range of information you may need to help with starting or improving your farm. Participants will learn the basic principles of hatchery, nursery and grow-out operations, risk management, siting, permitting, and business management.
The course will be entirely remote in 2021 in an effort to keep participants and the Roger Williams University community safe Weekly live-meetings paired with our website will allow participants to ask questions they may have about the aquaculture topics discussed that evening. Each class will also be recorded for later viewing, if needed by the participants. Over the last four years there have been remote only participants that have successfully taken this course in 24 states and 8 countries.
If you plan on taking the course please drop a note to appliedshellfishfarming@gmail.com and we will get back in touch with you with more details on how to sign up for and tune in to the course. More information is available under the FAQ page of this website.
Applied Shellfish Farming
Tuesdays – 6:30 to 9:00 PM
Week
Date
Topic
1
26-Jan
Introductions & Shellfish Aquaculture Overview
2
2-Feb
Shellfish Biology*
3
9-Feb
Site Selection & Monitoring
4
16-Feb
Shellfish Growout Systems I – Oysters*
5
23-Feb
Shellfish Growout Systems II – Quahogs & other Clams
6
2-Mar
Shellfish Growout Systems III – Scallops, Mussels & other species
7
9-Mar
Permitting & Regulations*
8
16-Mar
Shellfish Nursery Systems I (Various technologies)
9
23-Mar
Shellfish Nursery Systems II (Upwellers)
10
30-Mar
Risks to Growing Shellfish I (Predators & Pests)*
11
6-Apr
Risks to Growing Shellfish II (Diseases)*
12
13-Apr
Shellfish Business Management I (Vibrio training & Marketing)
13
20-Apr
Shellfish Business Management II (Biosecurity & BMPs)
14
27-Apr
Shellfish Restoration & Kelp
15
4-May
Shellfish Hatchery Techniques
* Required for Dockside Program (The RI Recreational Permit)
It is that time of the year again, when Roger Williams University’s Center for Economic and Environmental Development will be offering our Applied Shellfish Farming course for business start-ups in the region (and beyond). This non-credit course consists of 15 evening lectures (6:30 to 9:00 PM) over the next four months (starting on 21 January) that cover the range of information you may need to help with starting or improving your farm.
The course can be attended in person at the RWU campus in Bristol, RI or on-line through a weekly live webinar-type format available on the Internet. Each class will also be recorded for later viewing, if needed.
The course will be taught by Dale Leavitt, Matt Griffin and Rob Hudson, with a few outside speakers to cover specialized topics.
If you plan on attending the course in person, or if you plan on taking the course via the Internet, please drop a note to “appliedshellfishfarming@gmail.com” and we will get back in touch with you with more details on how to sign up for and tune in to the course.
Happy New Year,
The Applied Shellfish Farming Team
Dale Leavitt: Professor – Marine Biology & Aquaculture Extension Specialist
Matt Griffin: CEED Research Associate & Adjunct Professor
Rob Hudson: Shellfish Hatchery Manager & Adjunct Professor
Hot of the “presses” a resource for shellfish harvesters and growers in Rhode Island on Marketing Your Shellfish. Apublication of RI Sea Grant and the Coastal Resources Center at the University of Rhode Island Graduate School of Oceanography.
By Meredith Haas, January 7, 2017
An unprecedented algal bloom that spanned from Long Island to Maine triggered a shellfishing ban in Narragansett Bay for most of October. After it ended and shellfish beds reopened, fishermen, shellfish farmers, and environmental managers convened at a public meeting in December to try to understand what caused the bloom and what to do about future events.
Monitors found elevated counts of a type of plankton that was responsible for the bloom outside of Newport Harbor at the end of September, said Angelo Liberti, chief of water resources at the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM), at the meeting held to share information that DEM and the state health department collected during the bloom, and to discuss future monitoring and testing efforts.
Liberti was referring to Pseudo-nitzschia, a genus of plankton that can produce domoic acid, a neurotoxin that, if ingested in dangerous amounts, can cause illnesses ranging from gastrointestinal problems and lethargy to short-term memory loss…..
WEBINAR: Wednesday, November 30, 2016 from 4:00-5:00PM
“Understanding the 5% Rule for the Coastal Salt Ponds” – Participate in this free, interactive Webinar, from your computer at home! Learn from those who were involved in shaping the 5% Rule for aquaculture in Rhode Island’s coastal salt ponds. The rule states that no more than 5 percent of the salt pond area can be used for aquaculture. Hear the details about the science, policy, and decision-making that was involved to set the rule.
Presented by retired URI Professor David Bengston. Prof. Bengston was a member of the working group that convened in 2007 to determine the 5% Rule.
Prof. Bengston will explain the original process with the goal of giving webinar participants a clear understanding of why the rule exists. The intention is to allow an open forum of knowledge and experience sharing so as to be better informed about what the rule is and is not.
