Awardee Name
Town of Wellfleet
Grant Type
State
Project Title
Increasing Wild Aquaculture Productivity & Measuring Water Quality Improvements through Integrated Ecosystem Restoration: Oyster Propogation/Salt Marsh Restoration Demonstration Project in Wellfleet Harbor, MA
Awardee State/Territory
Massachusetts
Involved States/territories
Massachusetts
Award Year
2012
Start Date
End Date
Award Amount
$68,205.00
Production/Use
Aquaculture/fisheries
Resource Concern (Broad)
Water
Habitat
Resource Concern (Specific)
Stormwater
Sediment transported to surface water
Nutrients transported to surface water
Aquatic habitat for fish and other organisms
Conservation Practice(s)
Bivalve Aquaculture Gear and Biofouling Control
Riparian Herbaceous Cover
Stormwater Runoff Control
Project Background
The overall purpose of the project is to increase wild aquaculture productivity and measure water quality improvements as a result of a ecosystem restoration demonstration project in Wellfleet Harbor. The fundamental goals are to increase sustainability & volume of commercial oyster harvest, increase naturally disease resistant spawning stock, demonstrate low cost water quality improvements, application of new side scan sonar technology and develop management practices that combine protected oyster reef with enhanced commercial propagation practices.
Project targeted to Historically Underserved producers?
No