West coast shellfish hatchery develops strategies to thwart ocean acidification

摘要

Taylor Shellfish in Washington state is circumventing the effects of ocean acidification - thanks in part to expanded hatchery facilities in Hawaii; units for juveniles at a de-commissioned pulp and paper mill in Humboldt Bay, California; and state officials who are paying attention.Company spokesperson Bill Dewey told HI that Taylor Shellfish now has three 30-bin fiupsies (floating upwelling systems) in operation at the Humboldt mill site. Though the bins in each unit are not large, measuring about .75 metres square and little more than a metre deep, each can be filled with large quantities of seed oysters— if the water conditions are right.