State Department of Agriculture Commissioner Bryan P. Hurlburt, second from left, met with representatives of seven commercial shellfish businesses and staff of Connecticut Sea Grant and the state Bureau of Aquaculture.
State Department of Agriculture Commissioner Bryan Hurlburt met on July 15 with representatives of seven commercial shellfishing businesses, along with state Bureau of Aquaculture and Connecticut Sea Grant staff, to brainstorm revisions and updates to the 2016 Vision Plan created under the Connecticut Shellfish Initiative. The meeting, at the Groton Town Hall Annex, follows a survey in January of commercial shellfishermen about their research needs, and comes before a second brainstorming meeting next month with another group of shellfishermen about updates and revisions to the plan.
State Department of Agriculture Commissioner Bryan P. Hurlburt and Lauren Gauthier, special projects manager at Copps Island/Norm Bloom & Son Oysters, listen to comments during the meeting.
Shellfish farmer Tim Londregan makes a point during the discussion.Kristin DeRosia-Banick, environmental analyst at the state Bureau of Aquaculture, writes comments from shellfishermen during the session.
