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Wednesday, January 4, 2023

OA or ocean acidification is yet another environmental concern in aquaculture ....

 OA or ocean acidification is yet another environmental concern in aquaculture, and one we haven't experienced directly at our finish facility.

An oyster hatchery in Oregon has devised a work-around ..  I'm looking forward to this webinar.

… "It was discovered that unusually acidic waters corroded the shells of the microscopic oyster larvae [at Whiskey Creek], causing the larvae and juveniles to die. The hatchery was eventually able to stem the die-offs by altering the chemistry of seawater pumped into their tanks to buffer against the low pH levels."





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