![]() ![]() Oyster Larvae Sales To place an order for oyster larvae please contact Stephanie Alexander (UMCES HPL, phone: 41, email: or Stacey Willey (UMCES HPL, phone: 41, email: ). In the near future, our team plans to offer tours of the hatchery, educational programs and on-site trips to experience a working oyster farm. These spat can be used for a variety of purposes including growing for out-planting or for the half shell market. A single healthy oyster can filter 50 gallons of water each day, so you can only imagine the cleaning power of an entire oyster reef or aquaculture farm. Not only that, the oyster reefs themselves make a tremendous habitat for other bay residents, like crabs, shrimp and fish, who utilize their structure as protection against predators, as well as a daily food source throughout the ecosystem's natural hierarchy. Orders for triploids require 60 days advance notice and triploid larvae may not be in production after June 1. Seed are typically sold by the thousand but smaller orders may, at times, be accommodated. These spat can be used for a variety of purposes including growing for out-planting or for the half shell market. To place an order for oyster seed please contact Stacey Willey (UMCES HPL, phone: 41, email: ). ![]() Oysters are filter feeders and operate as the “vacuum cleaners” of the Apalachicola Bay. Mature oyster larvae may be purchased to be introduced into your own setting system, so that you can produce your own spat-on-shell/seed. The benefits this natural resource offers to our watermen, the local economy, and the bay area's ecosystem and tributaries is undeniable. The importance of oysters spans far beyond our enjoyment of this unique delicacy as a delicious food source. Our focus will be on the biology, ecology, and restoration of the oysters, which play a critical role in the overall health of the Apalachicola Bay. Through the process of oyster cultivation, we will investigate the physiological and ecological processes associated with life in the estuary. Our hatchery produces a variety of oyster larvae to supply spat to local farmers, but will also offer our product for use in oyster research, oyster restoration, as well as educational projects. We've teamed up with the industry's most innovative biologists to ensure our laboratory is producing top quality oyster spat, which will help to jump-start mother nature's production of this vital resource. ![]() Apalachicola Oyster Company is excited to bring Franklin County's first state of the art Oyster Hatchery to the Florida Panhandle. ![]()
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