1. Can Extensive and Intensive Oyster Farming Keep the Industry Alive in Virginia, USA? T. Leggett. (1), B. Goldsborough (2), J. Harmon (1) Chesapeake Bay Foundation (1) PO Box 412, Wicomico, VA, 23184, USA, (2) Chesapeake Bay Foundation, 6 Herndon Ave., Annapolis, MD, 21403, 11 th International Conference on Shellfish Restoration November 19-22, 2008 Charleston, South Carolina, USA

2. Harvesting the Chesapeake

5. CBF Promotes Oyster Aquaculture

6. Oyster Farming Gains Momentum Non native EIS Blue crab decline

7. Non Native Oyster EIS Triggers Interest in Aquaculture

8. CBF Working on Solutions for Virginia Oyster Industry 2 month old spat on shell First Day of Harvest 5 inch, 2 year old sterile native oysters 260 bu sterile native spat on shell planted; 937 bu harvested in 1.5 years

9. Virginia Restoration Fund Supports Triploid Spat On Shell Project Setting larvae for Cowart Seafood Corporation, July 2007 Planting triploid spat on shell in York River, August 2007

10. Enter the Cow Nose Ray

11. Can Watermen Make a Living Planting and Harvesting Triploid Spat on Shell? Waterman William Hicks and family set up and operate a spat on shell production facility with funding from the Campbell Foundation.

12. A Second Waterman Trained to Produce Spat on Shell

13. Funding to Train a Tangier Island Waterman To Grow Oysters

14. VMRC Waterman Retraining Program for Oyster Aquaculture

15. Rapid Growth of Triploid Virginica ’07 and ’08 York River Singles from Cage culture ’07 Ware River Spat on Shell, Summer ‘08

16. Industry Mechanizing

17. ECONOMICS Half shell market:.15-.45 each depending on marketing strategy Spat on shell: $25-$35/bu Will this Work? I’m optimistic

18. Water quality, Shellfish and Aquaculture Enhancement Zones Cow Nose Rays What is the Potential for Expansion and What are the Probable Issues?

19. Acknowledgements  Keith Campbell Foundation for the Environment  VA Restoration Fund  Virginia Institute of Marine Science  Cowart Seafood and Bevans Oyster Co.  Virginia Marine Resources Commission

20. Questions?