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East Coast Shellfish Hatchery
and Nursery List 2009

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Gef Flimlin, Marine Extension Agent

 

Each year, shellfish growers search for seed suppliers. Some suppliers mail out seed price catalogues annually. This publication is designed to identify shellfish seed suppliers from along the East Coast of the United States and Canada so that there might be a better link between the shellfish farmers and the shellfish seed suppliers.

Some of the shellfish seed suppliers listed here raise seed for their own use. Others are solely research hatcheries for a University of State. Regardless, this first attempt at identifying the Industry suppliers can be used by many interested people to assist and inform the suppliers in numerous ways.

 

The list has been reviewed numerous times by people in every state listed. If there is an omission, it has not been intentional. This list will be updated in the future. If there are any suppliers who have not been included, they should contact the author for inclusion in the next publication. If someone is using this list and cannot reach a business because the pertinent information has changed or is incorrect, please send a note, email, or call (contact information at the end). If a new hatchery comes on line, please urge them to contact me. This is done as a service to the industry, please help to keep the information current.

 

Finally, this information by no means suggests a recommendation about the quality of the products or services that these seed suppliers produce, and should, by no means, be construed as an advertisement for any of these companies by either the author or Rutgers University.

 

Quick links:

CT, FL, HI, LA, ME, MD, MA, NJ, NY, NC, RI, SC, VA

 

 

 

CONNECTICUT

 

Mira Shellfish - OY, HC, BS

Contact: Jim Markow, Stuart Mattson

100 Main Street

Noank, CT 06340

Phone - 860-460-4558

Fax - 631-765-1808

 

Sargents Cove Conn., LLC - OY

Contact: Geoff Denham

20 Thorndale Circle

Darien, CT 06820

Phone - 203-852-1030

sargentscove@msn.com

http://hillardbloomshellfish.com/ 

www.nedsislandoysters.com

 

US Department of Commerce - OY, HC, BS, SU

National Marine Fisheries Service

Milford Laboratory

212 Rogers Avenue

Milford, CT 06460

Phone - 203-882-6540

Fax - 203-882-6517

http://mi.nefsc.noaa.gov

 

FLORIDA

 

Bay Shellfish Co. - H, N, HC, BS, OY

Contact: Curt Hemmel

P.O. Box 289

Terra Ceia, FL 34250

Phone - 941-721-3887

Fax – 941-722-1346

bayshellfish@tampabay.rr.com

 

Brewer’s Clams - H, N

Contact: Gray Brewer

4225 Indian River Drive

Cocoa, FL 32927

Cell – 321-794-3746

 

Cedar Creek Shellfish Farm - H, N

Contact: Mike Sullivan

859 A Pompano Avenue

New Smyrna Beach, FL 32169

Phone – 386-426-0113

Cell – 386-847-3202

 

Cole's Clam Nursery - N

Contact: Dot Cole

P.O. Box 82

Placida, FL 33946

Phone - 941-697-3181

 

Kibbe & Company, Inc. – N

Contact: Roy L. Kibbe

P.O. Box 629

St. James City, FL 33956

Phone – 239-283-1448

Fax – 239-283-4459

 

Orchid Island Shellfish Co. – N

Contact: Ed Mangano

633 Old Dixie Highway

Sebastain, FL 32958

Phone – 772-589-1600

 

Pelican Inlet Aquafarms – H, N

5787 SW 9th Court

Cape Coral, FL 33914

Phone – 239-549-8014

highimage@aol.com

 

Research Aquaculture - H, N

Contact: Tom McCrudden

3663 SE Old St. Luicie Boulevard

Stuart, Fl 34996

Phone - 561-702-8159

raiclam@bellsouth.net

 

Southern Cross Sea Farms - H, N

Contact: John Gill & Shawn Stephson

12170 State Road 24

Cedar Key, FL 32625

Phone - 352-543-5980

Fax - 352-543-5982

southerncrossclams@gmail.com

www.clambiz.com

 

David Grudin – N

325 E. Hall Road

Merritt Island, FL 32953

Phone – 352-250-0667

dgrud@yahoo.com

 

Ewan Leighton – N, H

Contact: Ewan Leighton

270 Sea Dunes Drive

Melbourne Beach, FL 32951

321-288-8201

sleightonl@cfl.rr.com  

 

HAWAII

 

Kona Bay Marine Resource, Inc. - H, N

Contact: Janet Sweeney

P.O. Box 1282

Kekaha, HI 96752

Phone – 808-713-1500

Fax – 866-328-8884

www.konabaymarine.com

sales@konabaymarine.com

 

LOUISIANA

 

Louisiana Sea Grant Oyster Hatchery - OY, R

Contact: Dr. John Supan

76060 Hidden Oakes Lane

Covington, LA 70435-6337

Phone - 985-264-3239

LSU - 225-578-6527

jsupan@lsu.edu

 

MAINE

 

Downeast Institute for Applied Marine Research and Education - SC, SS

Contact: George Protopopescu

P.O. Box 83

Beals, ME 04611

Phone - 207-497-5769

Fax - 207-255-1390

downeastinstitute@hotmail.com

 

Marshall Point Sea Farm, LLC - HC, SC, OY, SU, EO

Contact: Mike Anderson

P.O. Box 285

18 Lobster Pound Road

Port Clyde, ME 04855-02850

Phone - 207-372-8443

Fax - 207-372-8443

seafarm@gwi.et

 

Mook Sea Farm, Inc. - OY

Contact: Bill Mook

321 State Route 129

Walpole, ME 04573

Phone - 207-563-1456

Fax - 207-586-5244

mooksea@tidewater.net

 

Muscongus Bay Aquaculture - HC, SC, OY, SU, BS

Contact: Tonie Simmons

P.O. Box 204

Bremen, ME 04551

Phone - 207-529-4100

Fax - 207-529-4104

toniesimm@aol.com

 

Pemaquid Oyster Company - OY

Contact: Chris Davis

1957 Friendship Road

P.O. Box 302

Waldoboro, ME 04572

Phone - 207-832-6067

Fax - 207-832-6812

cdavis@midcoast.com

 

MARYLAND

 

University of Maryland - OY

Contact: Don Meritt

Center for Environmental Science Horn Point Lab

P.O. Box 775

Cambridge, MD 21613

Phone - 410-221-8475

Fax - 410-221-8456

meritt@hpl.umces.edu

 

Battle Creek Enterprises, LLC - OY, N

Contact: Jon Farrington

5223 Williams Wharf Road

St. Leonard, MD 20685

Phone: 410-610-1508

TheOysterGuy@gmail.com

http://theoysterguy.googlepages.com/

 

MASSACHUSETTS

 

Aquacultural Research Corporation - HC, OY, SU, BS

Contact: Richard Kraus

P.O. Box 2028

Chapin Beach Road

Dennis, Massachusetts 02638

Phone - 1-800-334-1380

Fax - 508- 385-3935

ARC@gis.net

 

Martha’s Vineyard Shellfish Group - OY, HC, BS

Contact: Richard C. Karney

P.O. Box 1552

Oak Bluffs, MA 02557

Phone - 508-693-0391

"only for local distribution"

mvsg@comcast.net

www.mushellfishgroup.org

 

Northeastern Massachusetts Aquaculture Center – SC

Contact: Scott Weston

Department of Biology

Salem State College

352 Lafayette Street

Salem, MA 01970

Phone – 978-542-6821

Fax – 978-542-6863

sweston@salemstate.edu

 

Taylor Sea Food - BS

Contact: Rod Taylor

Taylor Bay Scallops

56 Goulart Memorial Drive

Fairhaven, MA 02719

Phone - 508-993-9993

Fax - 508-990-1730

 

Town of Eastham – HC

Aquaculture Technology Training Center

Contact: Henry Lind

c/o Natural Resource Department

555 Old Orchard Road

Eastham, MA 02642

Phone – 508-240-5972

Fax – 508-240-3932

eattc@eastham-ma.gov

 

NEW JERSEY

 

4C’s Breeding Technologies, Inc

Contact: Thomas Rossi, President

P.O. Box 398

Strathmere, NJ 08248

609-425-2475

www.4Cshellfish.com

 

Bayfarm - HC, OY, PH, N

Contact: John Schriever

103 Cestone Court

West Creek, NJ 08092

Phone: 609-294-0235

bayfarmnj@comcast.net

 

Clam Daddy’s - HC

Contact: Bill Mayer

1204 East Shore Drive

Brigantine, NJ 08203

Phone - 609-266-0677

clamdaddy@comcast.net

 

Intracoastal Aquaculture - HC

Contact: Jerry Zodl

36 My Way

Tuckerton, NJ 08087

Phone - 609-618-3517

jczodl@comcast.net

 

Nautical Nuggets Clam Farms - HC

Contact: Raymond F. Crema

P.O. Box 314

Port Republic, NJ 08241

Phone - 609-652-8763

www.nauticalnuggets.com

 

Quality Bay Clams - HC

Contact: William Avery

741 East Great Creek Road

Galloway, NJ 08205

Phone - 609-345-7703

Cell - 609-226-6935

wavery57@ix.netcom.com

 

Rutgers Cape Shore Lab - OY, R

Contact: Greg De Brosse

6959 Miller Avenue

Port Norris, NJ 08349

Phone - 609-463-0633

debrosse@rci.rutgers.edu

www.hsrl.rutgers.edu

 

Rutgers Multi-Species Aquaculture
Demonstration Facility - HC, OY, SU, R

Contact: Greg De Brosse
3910 Bayshore Road
North Cape May, NJ 08204
Phone - 609-408-3522
debrosse@rci.rutgers.edu
www.hsrl.rutgers.edu

 

NEW YORK

 

Aeros Cultured Oyster Company - OY, HC, BS

P.O. Box 964

Southold, New York 11971

Phone /Fax - 631-765-1808

keeno59@optonline.net

 

Cornell University Cooperative Extension of Suffolk County - HC, BS, OY

Contact: Gregg Rivara

3690 Cedar Beach Road

Southold, NY 11971

Phone - 631-852-8660 ext. 35

Fax – 631-852-8662

gjr3@cornell.edu

http://www.cce.cornell.edu/~suffolk/Programs/MARhome.htm

 

East Hampton Town Shellfish Hatchery - HC, OY, BS

Contact: John Aldred

159 Pantigo Road

East Hampton, NY 11937

Phone/Fax - 631–668-4601

"restricted commercial sales"

jaldred@town.east-hampton.ny.us

www.town.east-hampton.ny.us

 

Fishers Island Oyster Company - HC, OY, BS

Contact: Steve Malinowski

P.O. Box 402

Fishers Island, NY 06390

Phone - 631-788-7899

fioyster@fishersisland.net

 

Frank M. Flower and Sons - OY, HC, SC, SS

Contact: Dave Relyea, Joe Zahtila

P.O. Box 88

Oyster Bay, NY 11771

Phone - 516-628-2077

Drelyea3@optonine.net

 

Islip Town Shellfish Culture Facility - HC, OY

Contact: Marty Byrnes

401 Main Street

Islip, NY 11751

Phone - 631-224-5764

Fax - 631-224-5364

shellfishhatchery@townofislip-ny.gov

 

NORTH CAROLINA

 

Hooper Family Seafood - PH, BS

Contact: Mark Hooper

P.O. Box 186

Smyrna, N.C. 28579

Phone - 252-729-2521

mhooper@coastalnet.com

 

J & B AquaFood - HC, OY, N

Stump Sound Farm Raised Oysters

Contact: Jim Swartzenberg

16 East Bayshore Boulevard

Jacksonville, NC 28540

Phone - 910-347-7240

oyster@coastalnet.com

Farm address:

704 Tar Landing Road

Holly Ridge, NC 28445

Phone - 910-330-0737

 

Joe Huber - HC

Highway 70 East

P.O. Box 96

Atlantic, NC 28511

Phone - 252-225-2071

 

Mill Point Aquaculture - HC

Contact: Jim Morris and Sons

223 Shell Hill Road

Sea Level, NC 28577

Phone - 252-225-7451

jamesmorris@ec.rr.com

 

RHODE ISLAND

 

Salt Water Farms, LLC - OY, M, BS

Contact: Bill Silkes

165 Tidal Drive

North Kingstown, RI 02852

Phone – 401-294-8999

Fax – 401-294-0449

bsilkes@americanmussel.com  

 

SOUTH CAROLINA

 

Bob Baldwin - N

P.O. Box 262

McClellanville, SC 29458

Phone – 843-887-3389

rbb@awod.com

 

Bulls Bay Enterprises Inc. - HC

Contact: Bill Livingston/Jeff Massey

631 Morrison Street

P.O. Box 70

McClellanville, SC 29458

Phone – 843-887-3519

Fax – 843-887-3989

livbulbay@aol.com

http://bullbay.micronpcweb.com

 

Island Fresh Seafood, Inc. - H, N

Contact: Bill Cox

7575 Ethel Post Office Road

Meggett, SC 29449

Phone – 843-889-6920

Fax – 843-889-6813

billcoxifs@cs.com

 

Oyster House LLC– H, N

Oyster and Clams

Contact: Knox Grant

2009 Sol Legare Road

Charleston, SC 29412

Phone – 843-514-4232

Fax – 843-762-0115

knox@knology.net  

 

VIRGINIA

 

Bagwell Enterprises - HC

Contact: Yvonne Bagwell

Smith Beach Road

P.O. Box 508

Eastville, VA 23347

Phone - 757-678-5806

Fax - 757-678-732

clammom@gmail.net

 

Cherrystone Aquafarms - HC

Contact: Mike Peirson

P.O. Box 347

Cheriton, VA 23316

Phone - 757-331-2622

 

Chincoteague Shellfish Farms – HC

Contact: Mike McGee

P.O. Box 576

Chincoteague, VA 23336

Phone - 757-336-1985

Fax - 757-336-6900

 

Virginia Institute of Marine Science

Contact: Michael J. Oesterling

Fisheries/Aquaculture Specialist

P.O. Box 1346

Gloucester Point, VA 23062

Phone – 804-684-7165

Fax – 804-684-7161

mike@vims.edu

 

JC Walker Brothers - HC, OY, BS

Contact: Tom & Wade Walker/Ann Arssenice

P.O. Box 10

Willis Wharf, VA 23486

Phone - 757-442-6000

Fax - 757- 442-5880

 

Middle Peninsula Aquaculture - HC, OY, SC

Contact: Ken Kurkowski

P.O. Box 769

North, VA 23128

Phone - 804-725-0159

Fax - 804-725-0160

 

Key to Symbols

 

BS - Bay Scallop, Argopecten irradians

 

EO - European Oyster, Ostrea Edulis

 

H - Hatchery (public)

 

HC - Hard Clam, Mercenaria mercenaria

 

M - Mussel, Mytilus edulis

 

N - Nursery

 

OY - Oyster, Crassostrea virginica

 

PH - Private Hatchery

 

R - Research

 

SC - Soft Clam, Mya arenaria

 

SS - Sea Scallop, Placopecten magellanicus

 

SU - Surf Clam, Spisula solidissima

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For corrections, more information, or to add a new hatchery, contact:

Gef Flimlin, Marine Extension Agent

Rutgers Cooperative Research & Extension of Ocean County

1623 Whitesville Road Toms River, NJ 08755

Phone – 732-349-1247 Fax – 732-505-8941

E-mail: flimlin@aesop.rutgers.edu

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

The author sincerely thanks the Cooperative Extension and Sea Grant Extension Agents on the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts for their assistance in compiling this information. Not one held back help and all willingly provided updates and reviews. Those readers starting in the shellfish culture business should contact their extension agents or specialists to seek information about the culture process if they have any questions. In coastal counties, look in the Government pages of the phone book for Cooperative Extension or Extension Service, and those offices should be able to give you appropriate direction.