<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=windows-1252"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;"><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span><b style="font-size: 12pt;">N</b><span style="font-size: 12pt;">ortheast</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span><b style="font-size: 12pt;">A</b><span style="font-size: 12pt;">quaculture</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span><b style="font-size: 12pt;">R</b><span style="font-size: 12pt;">esearch</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span><b style="font-size: 12pt;">F</b><span style="font-size: 12pt;">arm</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span><b style="font-size: 12pt;">Net</b><span style="font-size: 12pt;">work (NARF-Net) currently is soliciting shellfish farms to participate in a research and demonstration project.</span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The project is a group effort of the Northeast Aquaculture Extension Network and is based on a research and farm demonstration model originally conceived and developed by Cape Cod Cooperative Extension and Woods Hole Sea Grant.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The project includes the states of Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut and New York; it is proposed that up to five shellfish farms per state be invited to participate. Collaborating farms will be asked to provide space and assistance in testing new shellfish aquaculture technologies and to help demonstrate those technologies to the industry-at-large in their region. In return, the farms will receive equipment and support to install and operate the new technology and a small stipend for participating in the research. One farm in each state will be asked to host a demonstration farm day, where the new technology will be featured in a small open house workshop.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Technologies to be tested include using a "flip bag" oyster culture strategy in year 1 and growing quahogs in hydroponic media using a conventional oyster bag in year 2. The two-year program is funded by the NOAA Sea Grant Aquaculture Extension and Technology Transfer program.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">If you are interested in participating, please contact your state Aquaculture Extension Agent (listed below) for more details. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Maine – Dana Morse (</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><a href="mailto:dana.morse@maine.edu" style="color: purple;">dana.morse@maine.edu</a></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">New Hampshire - Michael Chambers (</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><a href="mailto:Michael.Chambers@unh.edu" style="color: purple;">Michael.Chambers@unh.edu</a></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Massachusetts - Diane Murphy (<u><span style="color: blue;"><a href="mailto:dmurphy@whoi.edu" style="color: purple;">dmurphy@whoi.edu</a></span></u>)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Rhode Island - Dale Leavitt (</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><a href="mailto:dleavitt@rwu.edu" style="color: purple;">dleavitt@rwu.edu</a></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">) or Azure Cygler (</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><a href="mailto:azure@crc.uri.edu" style="color: purple;">azure@crc.uri.edu</a></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">) Connecticut - Tessa Getchis (</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><a href="mailto:tessa.getchis@uconn.edu" style="color: purple;">tessa.getchis@uconn.edu</a></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">New York - Gregg Rivara (</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><a href="mailto:gjr3@cornell.edu" style="color: purple;">gjr3@cornell.edu</a></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">) <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">NARF-Net Coordinators - Dale Leavitt (</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><a href="mailto:dleavitt@rwu.edu" style="color: purple;">dleavitt@rwu.edu</a></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">) and Matt Griffin (</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><a href="mailto:mgriffin@rwu.edu" style="color: purple;">mgriffin@rwu.edu</a></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">)</span></div><div apple-content-edited="true"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px;"><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline">
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