Mook Sea Farm pursues multiple avenues to success:Maine company focuses on oyster seed, the half-shell market and R&D

摘要

Bill Mook had been interested in marine science his entire life, a passion that led him to oceanography courses and eventually teaching marine and earth science in the Virgin Islands and Connecticut. He was in the process of pursuing a graduate degreein oceanography when, in his words, he got sidetracked by aquaculture. What started as a labour job to put food on the table while studying soon led to the creation of Mook Sea Farms in 1985 on the Damariscotta River in Midcoast Maine. The multi-facetedoperation produces up to 100 million juvenile oysters and cultivates oysters for the half-shell market.