The Yellow Farmhouse Education Center and Stonington Kelp Company will host Kelp Fest, a month-long celebration from April 26 to May 27. Events will include cooking classes, a kelp farm boat tour and more!
Aquaculture
Bay scallop hatchery featured in new shellfish video
The Aquaculture Video Series continues with a more regional focus with a visit to a bay scallop hatchery on Martha’s Vineyard on a picture-perfect day.
Gathering to learn and share what’s new in the shellfish world
Keeping Connecticut’s oyster and clam populations healthy and accessible for recreational and commercial harvest is no simple task. Just ask the approximately 60 volunteer overseers of shellfishing in their towns who attended the Jan. 24 Annual Gathering of Shellfish Commissions.
New episode in video series features National Fish Hatchery
The first installment of 2026 in the Aquaculture Video Series comes from a visit to the National Fish Hatchery in North Attleboro, Mass. Watch the video to learn a bit about their programs involving American shad, trout and bloater.
Registration open for Foundations of Shellfish Farming 2026
Foundations of Shellfish Farming is an in-person training course for new and prospective farmers and those who simply seek to learn more about aquaculture practices and techniques. It will be offered on Tuesday evenings from Jan. 20 to April 7, 2026 at UConn Avery Point.
Two great marine science events offered at Sound School
Registration is open for two workshops in September at The Sound School co-sponsored by Maryland Sea Grant, “Aquaculture in Action,” and “Biofilms, Biodiversity & Microplastics.”
CTSG shellfish training course spotlighted on CT public radio
Connecticut Public Radio broadcast “Aspiring shellfish farmers get a boost from CT training program,” on Sept. 3, 2025, about the oysterman Samuel Tucker and the training he received in the CT Sea Grant aquaculture course.
SHUCKS interns get hands-on training as farmers of the sea
This summer, Danielle Calini and Brendon Goulette will advance their career goals as recipients of the SHUCKS internship at Sixpenny Oyster Farm in Noank. Now in its second year, the paid internship gives hands-on training in aquaculture through part-time work at Sixpenny.
Radio show on kelp farming features CTSG’s Zach Gordon
The April 14 episode of the CT Public Radio show “Where We Live” featured Zachary Gordon, CT Sea Grant assistant extension educator, in a program titled, “From Sea to Table: the Power of Connecticut’s Kelp Industry.”
Wrack Lines issue profiles six standouts in their fields
The Spring-Summer 2025 edition of Wrack Lines magazine tells the stories of six Connecticut residents making their own special impact on our communities.