State Extension Agents
Alabama
Becky Wasden
Oyster Aquaculture Education Specialist
Auburn University Shellfish Lab
150 Agassiz Street
Dauphin Island, AL 36528
Phone: 504-662-4988
E-mail: beckywasden@auburn.edu
Specialty: Shellfish aquaculture education
Alabama-Mississippi
Rusty Grice
Aquaculture Extension Specialist, Auburn University Shellfish Lab
Mississippi Alabama Sea Grant Consortium
Alabama Cooperative Extension System
Auburn University Educational Complex
21541 Coastal Gateway Boulevard
(County Road 8)
Gulf Shores, AL 36542
Phone: 251-229-0826
Email: rtg0010@auburn.edu
Specialty: Shellfish aquaculture business planning
Connecticut
Tessa Getchis
Connecticut Sea Grant College Program
Sea Grant Extension Program
1084 Shennecossett Rd.
Groton, CT 06340
Phone: 860-405-9104
Fax: 860-405-9109
Email: tessa.getchis@uconn.edu
Specialty: Shellfish and finfish
Delaware
Ed Hale
Marine Advisory Specialist
Delaware Sea Grant
University of Delaware
College of Earth, Ocean and Environment
700 Pilottown Road
Lewes, DE 19958-1298
Phone: 302-645-4060
Email: ehale@udel.edu
Specialty: Fisheries and shellfish aquaculture
Delaware
Dennis McIntosh, Ph.D.
Professor & Extension Specialist - Aquaculture
Delaware State University
1200 N. DuPont Hwy.
Dover, DE 19901
Phone: 302-857-6456
Fax: 302-857-6402
E-mail: dmcintosh@desu.edu
Specialty: Aquaculture, finfish, shellfish, water quality, RAS
Florida
Leslie Sturmer
Regional Aquaculture Extension Agent IV
University of Florida / IFAS
Shellfish Aquaculture Extension Program
c/o FWC Marine Field Lab
11350 Southwest 153rd Ct.
Cedar Key, FL 32625
Phone: 352-543-5057
Fax: 352-543-6958
Email: Lnst@ufl.edu
shellfish.ifas.ufl.edu
Specialty: Shellfish culture
Georgia
Thomas Bliss
Shellfish Research Laboratory Director
University of Georgia
Marine Extension Service
20 Ocean Science Circle
Savannah, GA 31411
Phone: 912-598-2348 ext. 205
Fax: 912-598-2399
Email: tbliss@uga.edu
Specialty: Oyster aquaculture and ecology
Louisiana
Brian Callam
Director & Assistant Professor-Research
Louisiana Sea Grant Oyster Research Laboratory
Louisiana Sea Grant College Program
Louisiana State University
219 Renewable Natural Resources Bldg.
Baton Rouge, LA 70803
Phone: 225-578-6527
Email: bcalla3@lsu.edu
Specialty: Shellfish culture
Maine
Dana Morse
Extension Associate
Maine Sea Grant Program
University of Maine Cooperative Extension
Darling Marine Center
193 Clark’s Cove Road
Walpole, ME 04573
Phone: 207-563-3146 ext. 205
Fax: 207-563-3119
Email: Dana.Morse@maine.edu
Specialty: Marine fisheries and shellfish aquaculture
Maine
Brian Beal
Professor of Marine Ecology & Director of the Marine Science Field Station
University of Maine at Machias
116 O'Brien Avenue
Machias, Maine 04654
Phone: 207-255-1314
Fax: 207-255-1390
Email: bbeal@maine.edu
www.downeastinstitute.org
Maryland
Don Webster
Sea Grant Extension
University of Maryland
Wye Research and Education Center
P.O. Box 169
Queenstown, MD 21658
Phone: 410-827-8056
Fax: 410-827-9039
Email: dwebster@umd.edu
Massachusetts
Joe Buttner
Assistant Professor and Aquaculture Program Coordinator
Northeastern Massachusetts Aquaculture Center and Department of Biology
Salem State College
352 Lafayette St.
Salem, MA 01970
Phone: 978-542-6703, 978-542-6824
Fax: 978-542-6863
Email: jbuttner@salemstate.edu
Specialty: finfish, shellfish, water quality.
Massachusetts
Joshua Reitsma
Marine Program Specialist
Cape Cod Cooperative Extension
P.O. Box 367
Barnstable, MA 02630-0367
Deeds & Probate Building
3195 Main Street
Barnstable, MA 02630
Field Office-3675 Main Street
Barnstable, MA 02630
Phone: 508-375-6950
Fax: 508-362-4518
Email: jreitsma@barnstablecounty.org
Massachusetts
Abigail Franklin Archer
Fisheries & Aquaculture Specialist
Cape Cod Cooperative Extension & Woods Hole Sea Grant & Southeastern MA Aquaculture Center (SEMAC)
PO Box 367
3675 Main St.
Barnstable, MA 02630-0367
Phone: 508-375-6702
Email: aarcher@barnstablecounty.org
Specialty: Marine fisheries & shellfish aquaculture
Massachusetts
Harriet Booth
Marine Resource Specialist
Cape Cod Cooperative Extension & Woods Hole Sea Grant & Southeastern MA Aquaculture Center (SEMAC)
PO Box 367
3675 Main St.
Barnstable, MA 02630-0367
Phone: 508-375-6634
Email: harriet.booth@barnstablecounty.org
Specialty: Coastal water quality and shellfish fisheries/aquaculture
Mississippi
Jason Rider
Aquaculture Extension Agent
Mississippi Department of Marine Resources
1141 Bayview Avenue
Biloxi, MS 39530
Phone: 228-523-4037 (office)
Phone: 228-697-2535 (cell)
Email: jason.rider@dmr.ms.gov
Specialty: Shellfish culture
New Hampshire
Michael Chambers
Marine Aquaculture Specialist
University of New Hampshire
Chase Ocean Engineering Lab
24 Colovos Road
Durham, NH 03824-2500
Phone: 603-862-3394
Fax: 603-862-0107
Email: Michael.Chambers@unh.edu
Specialty: Open ocean aquaculture
New Jersey
TBA
Rutgers University Aquaculture Program Coordinator
New Jersey Seagrant Consortium Aquaculture Program Coordinator
Haskin Shellfish Research Laboratory
6959 Miller Avenue
Port Norris, NJ 08349
Phone: 856-785-0074 ext. 4302
Fax: 508-362-4518
New Jersey
Douglas Zemeckis
Rutgers University
Marine Extension Agent for Ocean, Monmouth, and Atlantic Counties
New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station
Cooperative Extension of Ocean County
Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources
1623 Whitesville Road
Toms River, NJ 08755
Phone: 732-349-1152
Email: zemeckis@njaes.rutgers.edu
New York
Gregg Rivara
Senior Extension Resource Educator
Cornell Cooperative Extension of Suffolk County
3690 Cedar Beach Road
Southold, NY 11971
Phone: 631-852-8660
Fax: 631-852-8662
Email: gjr3@cornell.edu
Specialty: shellfish, finfish aquaculture permitting/startup assistance
North Carolina
NC State Center for Marine Sciences and Technology
303 College Circle
Morehead City, NC 28557
Phone: 252-222-6314
Fax: 252-222-6314
Email: echerbst@ncsu.edu
Rhode Island
Skylar Young-Bayer
Assistant Professor
Regional Aquaculture Extension Specialist
220 CEED
Roger Williams University
One Old Ferry Road
Bristol, RI 02809-2921
Phone: 401-254-3047
Fax: 401 254-3310
Email: syoung-bayer@rwu.edu
Specialty: Aquaculture extension
(Note: Dr. Young-Bayer also covers parts of MA)
Rhode Island
Michael Rice
Dept. of Fisheries, Animal & Vet. Sciences
Woodward Hall
Room 19
University of Rhode Island
Kingston, RI 02881
Phone: 401-874-2943
Fax: 401-874-7575
Email: rice@uriacc.uri.edu
Specialty: shellfish
South Carolina
Graham Gaines
Living Marine Resource Specialist
South Carolina Sea Grant Consortium
18 John Galt Road
Beaufort, S.C. 29906
Phone: 843-473-6026
Cell: 770-540-0315
graham.gaines@scseagrant.org
Texas
Mario Marquez
Aquaculture Specialist
Texas Sea Grant College Program
Texas A&M University
100 Marine Center Drive
Palacios, Texas 77465
Phone: 850-583-6801
Email: mmarquez42@tamu.edu
Specialty: Oyster Aquaculture
Virginia
Karen Hudson
| Shellfish Aquaculture Specialist Sea Grant Marine Extension Program Virginia Institute of Marine Science College of William & Mary P.O. Box 1362 Gloucester Point, VA 23062Phone: 804-684-7742 khudson@vims.edu |