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2 days ago1 min read
OSH's 2025 February Newsletter
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2 days ago2 min read
Check out our Hatchery's New Gadget - an Algae Photobioreactor
If you’ve ever been on a tour of our oyster hatchery, you probably noticed that nearly 50% of our facility’s footprint is designated to...
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6 days ago1 min read
The Hatchery and Virginia Oysters Featured in Virginia Farm Bureau's Cultivate Magazine
According to the Virginia Marine Products Board, around 4,600 Virginians work on the water year-round, leading the state as the 3rd...
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Dec 18, 20243 min read
Letter to our Customers from Mike - 2025 Seed Price Increase
To Our Customers, First let me take this opportunity to thank you. We deeply appreciate every oyster company that works with us to...
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Dec 16, 20243 min read
"Under the Surface: Unraveling the Impact of Algal Oxylipins on Oyster Hatcheries" ECSGA Article
by Samantha Glover, M.S.Research and Development Director Article for the East Coast Shellfish Growers Association Recap: Oyster Larval...
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Feb 16, 20244 min read
Choosing the right mesh & bags for your seed order
The season is off to a strong start here at Oyster Seed Holdings, several spawns into our season after a first spawn on Jan 18. Setting...
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Aug 9, 20232 min read
Research never tasted so good
The Hatchery Food Truck is Serving Some Extra Special Oysters This Weekend! This week something deliciously nerdy in the aquaculture...
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Jul 5, 20231 min read
Appreciate the little things! Sampling Phytoplankton
NOAA Aquaculture Phytoplankton Monitoring Network The phytoplankton monitoring network uses citizen science to monitor marine...
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Jun 30, 20232 min read
OSH Sends Millions of Larvae to Billion Oyster Project
The Billion Oyster Project (BOP) is on a mission, and it's pretty big. BOP is working overtime to restore one billion oysters to the New...
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Jun 30, 20232 min read
The Hunt for Oxylipins
NOAA Salstonstall-Kennedy Grant Virginia Institute of Marine Science 2022-2023 Objectives: 1. Characterize oxylipins and potential...
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Jun 30, 20232 min read
Water Chemistry in RAS
Rivest Lab at VIMS Abbey Sisti 2023 Objectives: 1. Identify whether water quality is playing a role in growth rates and oyster mortality...
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Jun 30, 20235 min read
Problems with Peritrichs
Virginia Sea Grant Fishery Resource Grant 2021-2022 OBJECTIVES: 1. Identify and quantify specific stalked ciliates that are causing...
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Jun 28, 20232 min read
OSH has Launched a new Waterfront Oyster Eatery!
To those who don't know Oyster Seed Holdings, Inc (OSH for short) well, let's get started with some background to show how we got here:...
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Dec 6, 20212 min read
The Mobile Oyster Hatchery Project:
The first MOH returns home. The MOH project will build 2 new MOH units (MOH 2 and MOH3) and refit our prototype (MOH 1) to reflect...
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