Oyster stuff

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Oyster hatchery picture sign

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Water tanks

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Don't ask me how all this works.

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Algae to feed the baby oysters.

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Lotsa money invested in this set up.
Filter system to clean the seawater before using on the small oysters.

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Baby Oysters

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This is a commercial nursery. They get the baby oysters from the LSU hatchery (at the LDWF Marine Lab) and grow them here at the nursery to a size where they won't fall out of mesh sacks. The baby oysters are then either transferred to mesh sacks in grow-out cages or are "planted" on oyster bottoms for grow-out.