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n the Growing Edge of Shellfish Culture

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Our Mission

Oyster Seed Holdings, Inc. strives to be a premier supplier of high quality oyster seed serving the entire shellfish aquaculture industry.

 

We have taken a deliberately independent approach with no grow-out operations and remain dedicated to providing customers with healthy, disease-resistant larvae and seed. Our team is constantly working to innovate commercial production, ensuring that we remain at the cutting edge of shellfish culture.

Oyster Seed under microscope

Company Pillars

There are three principal pillars to OSH meant to magnify our impact on the industry:

Seed Anchor2

OSH has been providing premium quality and variety of oyster larvae and seed for the past 15 years. From broodstock variations, to disease resistant strains, and triploid stock, we're here to help you find the best match for growing conditions and farms located across the mid-Atlantic.

Oyster seed up close
R&D Anchor 2
Recirculating Aquaculture System

Research & Dvmt.
TECHNOLOGY

We conduct internal investigations to improve and innovate commercial production.  Our R&D Department strives to increase and stabilize seed supply, both for our customers, and in regions we cannot currently serve. OSH aims to advance the industry from research to practice.

Advocacy

In addition to our hatchery production, we strive to build community around, and promote the environmental 

sustainability of, shellfish culture through consumer experiences.  Our team provides hatchery tours, participates in community events and school activities, and now operates a waterfront food truck-style oyster eatery called, "The Hatchery."

Tours of our hatchery facility
Food Truck The Hatchery

Visit us at The Hatchery!
Open Friday - Sundays through December 
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Oyster Farm
Boat Tours

We partner with Mathews Deadrise Charters to offer Oyster Farm Tours and boat cruises from the Hatchery some Fridays and Saturday nights in the Fall!

R&D Wing

Grant Collaborators

At Oyster Seed Holdings, we work with a wide range of institutions in the shellfish industry to promote sustainable practices and advance the science of aquaculture. Learn more about some of our active R&D projects below!

Chesapeake oyster alliance logo
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sea grant va logo
NOAA logo
VT

Oyster Seed Holdings
in the Numbers

460

PARTICIPANTS IN OUR HATCHERY TOURS SINCE 2022

1.2 B

OYSTER SEED SOLD TO EAST COAST FARMERS SINCE 2009

20,000

OYSTERS SERVED AT THE HATCHERY EATERY IN 2023

7.2 B

EYED LARVAE DISTRIBUTED TO FARMS SINCE 2009

WE ARE HIRING

HATCHERY TECHNICIAN
The hatchery tech will support all operations in the hatchery assisting staff with day to day husbandry. This includes cleaning oysters at all stages of life, cleaning the systems those oysters are grown in, and supporting algae production by assisting algae staff and cleaning algae production systems.

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