In 2010 we finished construction on a new on-land nursery on Great
Bay at Cape Horn Marina. The new facility proved to be a great
addition to our existing nursery operation in West Creek, NJ. The hard
clam and oyster seed produced by our hatchery are reared in the
nurseries at both sites in upwellers and raceways, maximizing our seed
production. In 2018 we added FLUPSYs to our system at the Cape
Horn nursery and have had good success in growing oyster seed with
them.
Throughout the summer and fall we have clam seed available for sale
directly from our on-land nurseries ranging from 1-2mm to plantable
size: 12-17mm. At the end of the season, in late fall, we plant nursery
size seed in our bay nurseries and can have large plantable seed
available for the following spring. We can custom sieve your order for
a specific size.
We pump water directly from the bay to our nurseries. The clam seed grow in raceways and feed on the abundance of phytoplankton that naturally occurs in the productive Great Bay Estuary. At the end of the summer/fall growing season, seed ranges in size from 1/4 inch to larger than 3/8 inch.
