The Rutgers-led Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) project—awarded $12.6 million last fall to develop an artificial reef ecosystem to help project coastlines from storm damage, flooding and erosion—recently conducted laboratory testing of modular oyster reef-mimicking structures for eventual installation in the Gulf Coast.
The Haskin Shellfish Lab participated in the Delaware River and Bay Authority’s (DRBA) second annual World Environment Day celebration, along with over one hundred (100) other exhibitors and vendors with various environmental focuses. The first official World Environment Day celebration was held in 1973, marking 2023 as the 50th anniversary, with over 150 countries participating.
The inaugural Rutgers Shellfish Research Symposium, in partnership with the New Jersey Aquaculture Association and the Haskin Shellfish Research Laboratory, was held on January 18 at the NJAES Jacques Cousteau National Estuarine Research Reserve.
The Haskin Shellfish Research Lab leads major development for shellfish breeding and genetic analysis through the creation of a high-density SNP array for Eastern oysters. Read about this highly collaborative effort led by Dr. Ximing Guo.
Scallops and clams are likely to get more expensive to harvest off New Jersey, as commercial fishing vessels will soon have to compete for ocean space against offshore wind energy companies.
WSP USA, an environment, engineering, and professional services consultancy, announced that it is collaborating with Rutgers University on a joint project to develop an engineered oyster reef ecosystem that will help protect coastlines from storm waves and erosion.
Rutgers University has partnered with the environmental engineering firm WSP USA to develop oyster beds that could also protect coastlines from storms, flooding, and erosion.
Rutgers Scientists and high school volunteers from Camden are using nature to mitigate the effects of coastal erosion in Southern New Jersey. They built a living shoreline near the New Jersey Aquaculture Innovation Center in Cape May that uses marsh grasses and recycled oyster and clam shells.
The university-led project is in response to a broader effort to protect critical coastal civilian and Department of Defense infrastructure and personnel at risk of climate change.
The Rutgers-led project, “Reefense: A Mosaic Oyster Habitat (MOH) for Coastal Defense,” will focus on oyster reefs in the Gulf Coast and combine novel cements and concretes with state-of-the-art shellfish breeding and the latest ecological engineering of shoreline habitats.
A consortium of scientists led by Rutgers University has developed a high-density DNA chip for the eastern oyster to better research and breeding.
