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State Aquaculture Coordinator
David Carey
Connecticut Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Aquaculture
P.O. Box 97, Milford, CT 06460
(203) 874-0696
davcarey@snet.net
http://www.ct.gov/doag
Industry and Professional Associations
- Connecticut Farm Bureau Association
- Connecticut Marine Trades Association
- Connecticut Seafood Council
- East Coast Shellfish Growers Association
- American Fisheries Society - Fish Culture Section
- National Aquaculture Assocation
- US Aquaculture Society
- US Trout Farmers Association
- Global Aquaculture Alliance
Aquaculture Permitting Contacts
David Carey
Connecticut Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Aquaculture
P.O. Box 97, Milford, CT 06460
(203) 874-0696
davcarey@snet.net
http://www.ct.gov/doag
Shannon Kelly
CT Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Aquaculture (CT DA/BA)
(203) 874-0696 / fax (203) 783-9976
shannonkelly@snet.net
Cori Rose
US Army Corps of Engineers, Regulatory Division
(978) 318-8306 / fax (978) 318-8303
cori.m.rose@usace.army.mil
Kristen Bellantuono
DEP Office of Long Island Sound Programs (OLISP)
Bureau of Water Protection and Land Reuse
(860) 424-3034 / fax (860) 424-4054
kristen.bellantuono@ct.gov
R. Michael Payton
DEP Boating Division
(860) 434-8638 / fax (860) 434-3501
mike.payton@ct.gov
Donald Gonyea
DEP Water Permitting and Enforcement
Bureau of Materials Management and Compliance Assurance
(860) 424-3018 / fax (860) 424-4074
donald.gonyea@ct.gov
Municipal Shellfish Commissions
Download Guide to Shellfishing Along the Coast of Connecticut for contact info
Connecticut Harbor Management Commissions
Extension and Education Specialists
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Nancy Balcom |
Specialty: seafood
safety; HACCP training; invasive species |
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Tessa Getchis |
Specialty: Interactions of shellfish aquaculture & the environment; permitting and policy; new species development |
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Diana Payne, Ph.D. |
Specialty: marine education; k-12 teacher training |
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Robert Pomeroy, Ph.D. |
Specialty: financial analysis; marketing |
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Lance Stewart, Ph.D. |
Specialty: fisheries management |
Researchers
Click here for Northeast U.S. Aquaculture Research Contact Database.
Walter Blogoslawski, PhD |
Specialty: marine bacteriology, with specialty in shellfish hatchery diseases, including vibriosis |
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Diane Brousseau, Ph.D. |
Specialty: shellfish biology and ecology |
Christopher L. Brown, Ph.D. |
Specialty: finfish aquaculture |
Thomas Chen, Ph.D. |
Specialty: structure, evolution and regulation of growth hormone and growth factor genes in finfish and shellfish |
Sylvain De Guise, Ph.D. |
Specialty: immunology and immunotoxicology of bivalve shellfish, crustaceans; defense mechanisms of oysters; effects of pollutants on oyster defense mechanisms |
Sal Frasca, Ph.D. |
Specialty: mechanisms of disease principally by infectious agents involving aquatic animal species; investigation of disease pathogenesis and virulence factors |
Ron Goldberg |
Specialty: shellfish biology, bay scallops, aquaculture, stock enhancement |
Robert Johnston, Ph.D. |
Specialty: environmental economics, natural resource economics, economics of marine and coastal resources, and non-market valuation |
Hans Laufer, Ph.D. |
Specialty: crustacean endocrinology |
George McManus, Ph.D. |
Specialty: plankton ecology; aquaculture feeds |
Shannon L. Meseck, PhD |
Specialty: chemical oceanography, phytoplankton nutrient utilization |
Lisa Milke, PhD |
Specialty: molluscan physiology and nutrition |
Dean M. Perry |
Specialty: finfish aquaculture: blackfish, black sea bass, scup culture. Live feeds culture: rotifers, brine shrimp |
Robert Pomeroy, Ph.D. |
Specialty: financial analysis, marketing, production economics |
Sandra Shumway, Ph.D. |
Specialty: shellfish biology, harmful algal blooms and impacts of biofouling on shellfish and aquaculture |
Barry C. Smith |
Specialty: microalgal mass culture, automation and control systems |
Sheila Stiles, Ph.D. |
Specialty: genetics and breeding of fish and shellfish |
Inke Sunila, Ph.D. |
Specialty: shellfish pathology |
Jamie Vaudrey, Ph.D. |
Specialty: eelgrass ecology, impacts of shellfish aquaculture |
Kumar Venkitanarayanan, Ph.D. |
Specialty: mechanisms by which food-borne pathogens tolerate and survive adverse environmental stresses; Inactivation of pathogenic microorganisms in foods using antimicrobials; development of molecular methods for rapid detection of food-borne microorganisms |
Jason Vokoun, Ph.D. |
Specialty: resource selection and habitat use by fishes; kernel estimation of fish space and habitat use; fish movement and migration; conservation of fish habitat in stream ecosystems; fish species of special conservation concern; fisheries management problems associated with sample sizes and data quality control |
Evan Ward, Ph.D. |
Specialty: endogenous and exogenous factors that mediate the behavior and physiology of benthic, particle-feeding invertebrates. |
Robert Whitlatch, Ph.D. |
Specialty: marine benthic population and community ecology; invasives and aquaculture |
James Widman |
Specialty: Shellfish Culture, Shellfish Hatcheries, Hatchery Automation, Recirculating Culture Systems, bay scallops, hard clams, oysters, winter flounder |
Gary H. Wikfors, Ph.D. |
Specialty: microalgae, molluscan nutrition, cellular immune function in molluscs |
Charles Yarish, Ph.D. |
Specialty: seaweed aquaculture (open water and land-based); integrated multi-trophic aquaculture (IMTA) systems; bluefin tuna ranching |