We have worked for 19 years to selectively breed
hard clam seed that offers
EXCELLENCE IN GROWTH, SUPERIOR ENVIRONMENTAL ADAPTION & HEARTINESS
(Mercenaria mercenaria)
WE CAN QUARANTINE AND ISOLATE PARTICULAR STOCKS FOR YOUR NEEDS
THANKS TO OUR FRIENDS & COLLEAGUES AROUND THE WORLD INVOLVED IN OYSTER FARMING ..........
WE BEGAN PRODUCING OYSTERS TEN YEARS AGO FOR RESTORATION AND GARDENING PROJECTS
(Crassostrea virginica)
11-4-12
WE HARVESTED 50 BASKETS OF 1"+ OYSTER SEED FROM OUR SUBMERGED LEASE
SINCE THEN WE HAVE ADOPTED CULTURE TECHNIQUES FOR LARGE SCALE OYSTER SEED PRODUCTION
2012
WE PRODUCED THE FIRST COMMERCIAL OYSTER SEED IN FLORIDA
3 MILLION OYSTERS, 1/2" to 1-1/2"
FOR 6 DIFFERENT FARMERS
WE BEGAN THE SUNRAY CLAM DEVELOPMENT ELEVEN YEARS AGO WITH THE 1ST SPAWN
VAN LEWIS OF ST. TERESA FLORIDA WAS THE VISIONARY THAT FIRST ESTABLISHED IT AS AN AQUACULTURE PRODUCT
(Macrocallista nimbosa)
BEAUTIFUL SHELLS & PRESENTATION
AMAZING FAST GROWTH
UNSURPASSED TASTE
the PICASSO CLAM
(Macrocallista nimbosa, selectively bred line)
the
ST. TERESA CLAM
(Macrocallista nimbosa, selectively bred line)
BAY SHELLFISH. . JUVENILE SCALLOPS
AVAILABLE EVERY FALL
FLORIDA BAY SCALLOPS WERE COMMERCIALLY HARVESTED UNITL A MORATORIUM IN 1994
FRESH (NOT FROZEN) BAY SCALLOP MEAT HAS BEEN A LONG ESTABLISHED AND HIGH VALUE MARKET IN THE U.S.
A NICHE MARKET FOR A LIVE WHOLE SCALLOP ALSO EXISTS
"THE COMMERCIALIZATION OF BAY SCALLOPS IN FLORIDA"
A BAY SHELLFISH PROJECT FUNDED THROUGH ARC
THE PROJECT ANSWERED NECESSARY QUESTIONS TO MOVE THE FLORIDA BAY SCALLOP FROM POTENTIAL TO POSSIBLE
(Argopecten irradians)
BLOOD ARKS SPAWNING
HEALTHY BLOOD ARK LARVAE AT OUR FACILITY
(Lunarca ovalis)
JUVENILE BLOOD ARKS HEADED TO THE FARM
We have worked for 19 years to selectively breed
hard clam seed that offers
EXCELLENCE IN GROWTH, SUPERIOR ENVIRONMENTAL ADAPTION & HEARTINESS
(Mercenaria mercenaria)