Pacific Shellfish Institute

Shellfish Research & Services for the U.S. West Coast

Projects

PSI has a substantial portfolio of shellfish research projects. We are currently engaged in a number of federal, state, local and privately funded projects aimed at maintaining and restoring natural resources, improving the quality of harvested and farmed seafood, monitoring environmental conditions and educating the general public. Selected projects include:

Aquaculture Initiative: Burrowing Shrimp
Ecological Assessment of Geoduck Aquaculture on Public Lands (more information coming soon)
Gulf Oyster Industry Program: Pilot-scale assessment of the relationship between water temperature, immersion time and exposure to bactericidal oxidation products on Vibro vulnificus and V. parahaemolyticus levels in Gulf oysters
Hood Canal Dissolved Oxygen Monitoring Program
Interstate Shellfish Sanitation Conference (ISSC): Laboratory assessment of the relation between water temperature, immersion time and exposure to bactericidal oxidation products on Vibrio parahaemolyticus levels in Pacific oysters
Interstate Shellfish Sanitation Conference (ISSC): Vibrio parahaemolyticus in Oysters: Effects of Beach Temperature and Tidal Elevation
NOAA Marine Aquaculture Program, Alternative Shellfish Production Methods: Environmental Interactions and Regulatory Compliance
NOAA Sea Grant Program: Ecological Characteristics and Carrying Capacity of Suspended Shellfish Culture Systems
NOAA/National Marine Aquaculture Initiative (NMAI): Environmental and Technical Assessment of Alternative Shellfish Production Methods
NOAA/Saltonstall-Kennedy Grant Program: Manila Clam Mortality Investigations
NOAA/Saltonstall-Kennedy Grant Program: Denman Island Disease Studies
NOAA/SeaGrant Oyster Disease Program (ODRP): Improvement of Disease Resistance and Understanding of Summer Mortality in Pacific Oysters
NOAA/SeaGrant Oyster Disease Program: Oyster Herpes Virus Threat to U.S. Oyster
Olympic Region Harmful Algal Blooms - ORHAB Partnership
Puget Sound Action Team - Public Involvement and Education (PIE) Funds: Scoopy Doo! A Pet Waste Education Campaign, Thurston County
Shellfish Farmers as First Responders to Spills (Funded by The Russell Family Foundation)
USDA/Food Safety Initiative: Characterization of the Cadmium Health Risk, Concentration and Ways to Minimize Cadmium Residues in Shellfish
USDA-CSREES/Western Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (WSARE): Development and Implementation of Integrated Pest Management

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