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And we hear that Gulf fishermen are up to new tricks themselves -- with a new oyster-harvesting method that may result in better (healthier) oysters.
Announced yesterday, by the Louisiana Seafood Promotion and Marketing Board (the organization behind Friends of the Fishermen, which had top chefs like Tom Colicchio on board), this new initiative "promises to increase production and open up entrepreneurial opportunities for oystermen."
Normally oysters are grown on reefs attached to the ocean floor, but Gulf oyster farmers are now looking into a not-so-new but new-to-the-Gulf, off-bottom approach where oysters are suspended on water columns and easily pulled to the surface in hunks. Oysters can then grow "in areas where a traditional bottom harvest is impossible" like over sand, notes the Board. It also "protects oysters from predators, provides a means to reduce fouling, increases oyster growth rates and allows for pruning, which results in oysters with fatter meat."
Workshops are planned over the next two years to look into any issues over "culture systems, oyster seed stock, growing market-quality oysters, and developing practices and regulations in collaboration with state agencies."
The Auburn University Shellfish Laboratory on Dauphin Island in Alabama and the Sea Grant Bivalve Hatchery on Grand Isle in Louisiana are expected to provide oyster seed for the tri-state project, with funding coming from the Louisiana Sea Grant College Program and the Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant Consortium. And, who knows, maybe even BP.
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12-17-2010 @8:35AM Matthew Berman said... Thank you Slashfood for providing information about Louisiana Seafood and the effect of the BP oil rig on the Louisiana economy, industry, and people. Our number one priority is ensuring the safety of LA Seafood products and keeping those in the LA Seafood industry employed. Thanks for the mention.
Matthew Berman
Louisiana Seafood Board
@LASeafoodBoard
http://louisianaseafood.com/
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