Aquaculture 2022

February 28 - March 4, 2022

San Diego, California

Olympia Oysters

Thursday, March 3, 2022 8:30 AM - 3:00 PM Palm 5
Chair: Kay McGraw, Kerstin Wasson


  • Bryce D. Perog

    SHELL COVER, RUGOSITY, AND TIDAL ELEVATION IMPACT NATIVE AND NON-INDIGENOUS OYSTER RECRUITMENT TO CONCRETE AND AFFECT REEF BALL DESIGN

  • 8:30 AM
    Katherine A. McGraw

    OLYMPIA OYSTER Ostrea lurida (CARPENTER 1864) RESTORATION: A COLLABORATION STORY. QUID NUNC? AN INTRODUCTION TO THE SESSION

  • 8:45 AM
    Kerstin Wasson

    THE NATIVE OLYMPIA OYSTER COLLABORATIVE: A COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE FOR Ostrea lurida CONSERVATION

  • 9:00 AM
    Danielle Zacherl

    NATIVE OYSTER RESTORATION FROM CALIFORNIA TO BRITISH COLUMBIA: LESSONS FOR THE CONSERVATION OF MARINE FOUNDATION SPECIES

  • 9:15 AM
    Chela Zabin

    USING AN ELEVATION PORTFOLIO APPROACH FOR SUCCESS IN PASSIVE RESTORATION OF NATIVE OYSTERS IN SAN FRANCISCO BAY

  • 11:00 AM
    Gary Fleener

    CONSERVATION AQUACULTURE OF OLYMPIA OYSTERS Ostrea lurida: A FRAMEWORK FOR EVALUATING THE BENEFITS AND RISKS OF THIS INTERVENTION FOR MARINE SPECIES RECOVERY

  • 11:15 AM
    Jacob Harris

    CONSERVATION AQUACULTURE IN THE ELKHORN SLOUGH, CA: SYNTHESIZING PHYSIOLOGY WITH RESTORATION FOR OLYMPIA OYSTERS

  • 11:30 AM
    Ryan Crim

    GENETIC CHARACTERIZATION OF WILD AND HATCHERY-BRED OLYMPIA OYSTER Ostrea lurida SEED USED FOR RESTORATION

  • 11:45 AM
    Gary Fleener

    CAN YOU EAT THEM TO SAVE THEM?  FARMING THE WEST COAST NATIVE OYSTER Ostrea lurida FOR BOTH MARKET AND RESTORATIVE VALUES IN TOMALES BAY, CALIFORNIA

  • 12:00 PM
    Valerie Goodwin

    BIVALVE BODYGUARDS: EELGRASS Zostera marina MEADOWS BUFFER HIGH ENERGY BOAT WAKES AND REDUCE DEGRADATION TO OLYMPIA OYSTER Ostrea lurida BEDS CONSTRUCTED FOR A LIVING SHORELINES PROJECT

  • 12:15 PM
    Mason Emery

    NOT SO SHELLFISH AFTER ALL: HOW NATIVE OYSTERS Ostrea lurida MAY AID EELGRASS Zostera marina RESTORATION BY NITROGEN FILTRATION

  • 1:30 PM
    Brandon Quintana

    FRIEND OR FOE?  EFFECT OF EELGRASS DENSITY ON FILTER FEEDER BIOMASS AND CONDITION INDEX IN A MULTI-HABITAT LIVING SHORELINE

  • 1:45 PM
    Leeza-Marie Rodriguez

    EFFECTS OF A NON-INDIGENOUS BRYOZOAN ON THE RECRUITMENT OF THE NATIVE OLYMPIA OYSTER Ostrea lurida

  • 2:00 PM
    Julio Lorda

    INVASIVE POPULATIONS OF THE PACIFIC OYSTER Crassostrea gigas IN THE NORTHERN PACIFIC COAST OF BAJA CALIFORNIA

  • 2:15 PM
    Kerstin Wasson

    DISTRIBUTION, ABUNDANCE, AND CONNECTIVITY: A COLLABORATION TO MAP OYSTERS FROM BAJA CALIFORNIA TO BRITISH COLUMBIA

  • 2:45 PM
    Interactice Discussion

    LOOKING FORWARD: OLYMPIA OYSTER CONSERVATION, OUTREACH AND AQUACULTURE IN THE COMING DECADE