Read the latest ECSGA newsletter - June 2009 - in html format or in pdf format.

Here's the abstract of the recent article "The ecological role of bivalve shellfish aquaculture in the estuarine environment: A review with application to oyster and clam culture in West Coast (USA) estuaries" by Dumbauld, Ruesink  and Rumrill.

Celebrity chefs from around the country prepared their local clams and favorite clam recipes at Romancing the Clam on March 23rd in Savannah.

Link to SafeOysters.org -- a gateway to Vibrio vulnificus information for health care providers, food and health educators, consumers, fishermen and commercial processors. Sponsored by National Sea Grant. posted March 19, 2009.

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How to join the ECSGA Listserver (e-mailing list).

What Does the Consumer Want? slideshow. February 2009. (Please do not reproduce without permission from the author)

The 2007 revision of the National Shellfish Sanitation Program, Guide For the Control of Molluscan Shellfish, has been posted on the Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN) web site here. This document supersedes the 2005 Model Ordinance document for the safe and sanitary control of the growing, processing and shipping of molluscan shellfish. November 13, 2008.

Wrap-up of the Invitational Oyster Tasting Event held on April 7th. posted April 10, 2008.

Nationwide Army Corps of Engineers permits for shellfish.  posted March 19, 2007.

Summary of ISSC/FDA meeting to discuss Vibrio parahaemolyticus in raw oysters. posted January 2007.

Vibrio fact sheet updated April 19, 2005.

ECSGA By-Laws.

ECSGA brochure describing how Shellfish Aquaculture is Good for the Environment. 
(Adobe PDF format.)

Minutes of the Annual Meetings.