Aquaculture America 2024

February 18 - 21, 2024

San Antonio, Texas

ALABAMA-MISSISSIPPI OYSTER COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE

Russell Grice*, Jillian Sower, LaDon Swann, Steve Sempier, Kelly Dunning

 

 Auburn University Shellfish Lab

150 Agassiz Drive, Dauphin Island, AL 36528  

rtg0010@auburn.edu

 



The purpose of the Alabama-Mississippi Oyster CoP is to:

1) establish a network of interested oyster farmers, wild oyster harvesters, restaurants,

management agencies, and other members of the oyster industry to determine common challenges within the oyster community

2) implement solutions to the challenges facing the oyster industry through sustained

engagement

3) enhance collaboration within and across the oyster farming and wild harvest sectors by

identifying challenges and solution

4) solve problems collaboratively through sustained engagement with the oyster industry

over the long-term

 5) create a list of priority issues, tradeoffs, and decisions to help guide meetings and create

innovative solutions