Oyster Hatchery Tour

Oyster Hatchery Tour
When: Wednesday, August 7 from 2:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Ages: All ages
Location: Cannon Lab, University of Delaware/Sharp Campus, 700 Pilottown
Road, Lewes, DE
In 2023, Delaware Sea Grant began operating the first oyster hatchery in the state of
Delaware aimed at serving research, industry and restoration purposes alike. In early July,
the hatchery sent 200 bags of shell with roughly 105,000 oyster spat—or baby oysters—to
a commercial aquaculture operation in the Delaware Bay using larvae that the pilot
hatchery produced. Join Alyssa Campbell, Coordinator of Delaware Sea Grant’s Fisheries
and Aquaculture Laboratory, for a tour of this pilot-scale operation and learn what it takes
to spawn oysters and grow them to “seed” size for distribution to local aquaculture
operations.

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