So, while it was an opportunity that was perhaps a little bit left of center for us, and potentially quite challenging, we also thought that it was a worthwhile commercial opportunity because of its unique situation,” he said. “We saw that it was really hard for buyers to find a consistent and high-quality supply of native oysters. “They’re having all sorts of troubles, but there is also a strong undercurrent to save this species, and in some cases to establish them as a more widely available, but premium, niche seafood product. “Native oyster numbers have dwindled all over Europe,” said Sachlikidis, who has been with Cadman for the past four years of a fisheries and aquaculture career that already spans 20 years. stock levels, with a number of recently introduced restoration projects looking for disease-free spat to shore-up native populations, while the clawed lobster ( Homarus gammarus) is a vitally important species for many communities the length and breadth of the country. Straight off the bat, the native oyster ( Ostrea edulis) is an opportunity for the hatchery to contribute to endeavors aimed at raising U.K. Nik Sachlikidis, the division’s managing director, told the Advocate that while it’s still early days for OSH, and the focus is very much on developing the technology to produce these species, the quick success that the multi-species aquaculture hatchery has achieved has everyone involved in the facility buzzing about its long-term potential. fisheries and their reliant coastal communities.īeyond this primary ambition, though, the hatchery and its parent – the Cadman Capital Group’s Aquaculture Division – are determined to have their technology and expertise applied in ways that will eventually boost shellfish fisheries and aquaculture operations all over the world.ĭr. With native flat oysters and clawed lobsters both successfully introduced into its land-based culturing systems since the halfway point of this year, the Orkney Shellfish Hatchery (OSH), located on the remote island of Lamb Holm, is living up to its founding raison d’être to support the restoration of iconic U.K. fisheries for species like the flat oyster and the clawed lobster. Cadman Capital’s ambitious multi-species hatchery solutions – like the Hatchery in a Box – could lift vulnerable oyster and lobster fisheries Workers at the Orkney Shellfish Hatchery are working to restore of iconic U.K.
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