BC Shellfish Growers Association

Coastal Shellfish Corporation is undertaking a major expansion of its shellfish farms, operating in the Great Bear Rainforest of British Columbia. Infrastructure development will be underway in late 2010, with technical training provided to new farming staff soon afterwards. As shellfish stocks increase, technical support will be required to optimize husbandry, inventory control and harvest planning, on an ongoing basis. The company is looking for a senior-level Technical Manager to be based in Prince Rupert, BC. Reporting to the CEO, this position will require periodic travel to farm locations on the central and north coast, including Bella Bella, Hartley Bay, Metlakatla and Haida Gwaii.

The Technical Manager for Coastal Shellfish will have a strong, hands-on background in shellfish farming, the ability to mentor farm site managers, and the capacity to deliver a practical training program under field conditions. Only candidates with direct experience in shellfish farming should apply.

Join our team of professionals at Coastal Shellfish for an exciting and challenging opportunity.

Applications will be accepted until September 30, 2010:

Coastal Shellfish Corporation
409 Granville Street, Suite 1660
Vancouver, BC
Canada V6C 1T2

Fax (604) 696-9887

sbowman@coastalfirstnations.ca

Please click the following link for the full report.

Pendrell Sound 24 Aug 2010 combined data report

Up to 3 million Oysters in mesh/Stainless Grow bag system ….

Beautiful Pacific and Olympia Oysters, in Grow bags. From 15MM all the way to Two inch beach ready Oysters.
These Oysters are very high Quality   All were planted in February through July of this year.., some Olympia Oysters as well…

Many will be at 2.5 inches soon and are ready for Market………..

We also have approx 25.000 Mesh Grow bag set ups complete with stainless hardware and floats…

Please call Jaime to discuss further…

Located on Hood Canal.  Seabeck,WA

Jaime Courtney
360-830-0435
Jaime@wis.com

30X1000 and up for pricing………………….

1) 24.39 acres – good production: oysters, 5+ acres clam ground netted-high production, geoduck planted, plus deep-water sites.

2) 12.75 acres – good production: oysters, 4 acres clam ground netted, seed with cultch for production over next 5 years.

3) 8.4 acres – good production: oysters (singles), oyster cultch and clam ground in sheltered bay.

4) 4.2 acres – production of clams, partly netted, oyster cultch and permitted to plant geoduck.

For more information contact:

Larry -  250-478-3518 or 250-361-5755

Mark -  250-757-9252

Email: summerbreezeaqua@shaw.ca

Just a quick note to let you know that there has been a FOUR MILE SPAWN in Pendrell Sound at the beginning of this week, so there should be another larger set of oysters coming if there is no significant rainfall. Thank you to Baynes Sound Oyster Co. Ltd. for the information.

If you have information that you would also like to share (or samples that you want to send), you can contact me and I’ll pass it around or reply to all in the email list.

Best and have a great weekend,

Helen

Helen Gurney-Smith, PhD
Research Scientist

Head of Shellfish Health & Husbandry Program

Center for Shellfish Research,

900 5th St, Nanaimo. BC V9R 5S5

Phone: 250 740-6381

Fax: 250 740-6353

Helen.Gurney-Smith@viu.ca

Please click here for the algal sample analysis which accompanies the 15^th August samples.

Please click here to read the article from August 17, 2010.

Pendrell Sound Monitoring Project – data from 12 August 2010 samples

Report date 16 August 2010

COMMERCIAL-SCALE SPAT SETTLEMENT PREDICTED FOR THIS WEEK AND NEXT WEEK!!!

(SEE DETAILS BELOW)

Note: Many thanks to Joe Sr and Joe Jr. of Baynes Sound Oysters for sending the following samples at the weekend!!

(A) Qualitative Pacific Oyster larval summary (samples were verified by Dr. Neil Bourne – thanks Neil!)

One 5-minute plankton tow at a depth of 1-2 m at each station was collected by plankton net (60µm mesh) from the Station 5 area.

In terms of percentages of different stages present:

5%          late straight hinge stage

35%        early umbo stage (10 to 14 days to settlement = approx 22^nd to 26^th August)

55%        mid umbo stage (6 to 10 days to settlement = approx 18^th to 22^nd August)

5%          late umbo (3 to 4 days to settlement = 15^th / 16^th August)

0%          eyed larvae

So although there may be some settling now, the majority will settle towards the end of this week and during next week. This is also dependent upon the temperature remaining high (around 23 / 24°C) for good settlement. It is also likely that additional spawns may occur which may prolong the settlement season.

The vast majority of bivalves present in the samples were Pacific oyster larvae, with a few mussels and clams also present in small numbers.

This information, previous reports and project details can also be found at

http://www.viu.ca/csr/PendrellSoundMonitoringProject2010.asp

and

http://www.bcsga.ca/

(B) Quantitative plankton results (numbers of individuals per 5 minute tow)*

* Please note that only plankton tow samples were taken. No algal identifications or site conditions will accompany this data.

Helen Gurney-Smith, PhD
Research Scientist

Head of Shellfish Health & Husbandry Program
Center for Shellfish Research,

900 5th St,

Nanaimo. BC V9R 5S5

Phone: 250 740-6381

Fax: 250 740-6353

Helen.Gurney-Smith@viu.ca

The truck has room for another 500 bags.

Truck is coming from the Coast Seafood’s Quilcene, WA hatchery and should tentatively arrive towards the end of August.

Minimum 200 bag order.

Please contact Colin @ 250-335-3294

Pendrell Sound Monitoring Project – data for 28^th July 2010

(A) Qualitative bivalve larval summary

One 5-minute plankton tow at a depth of 1-2 m at each station was collected by pulling a plankton net slowly beside a boat at a rate of 0.5 m/s.

(B) Settlement plates

Settlement plate collectors are located at Site 2 and 4.  Each week one plate from each site will be removed and the number of spat on the upper and lower surface of the plate will be counted.

Note: No settlement plates were received for July 28, 2010

(C) Phytoplankton report

Phytoplankton data for this week will be available at a later date.  You will be notified with another report.

(D) Site conditions

(E) Quantitative plankton results (numbers of individuals per 5 minute tow at rate of 0.5m/s)

***Please note that only one plankton tow for each site was done this week.