Company History

Native oysters have been fished commercially off Whitstable, Kent in SE England since Roman times. Whitstable Bay is part of the Swale estuary, a shallow area with good tidal interaction between land and sea giving ideal conditions for good algal production and shellfish growth. Seasalter Shellfish (Whitstable) Ltd owns two square miles of seabed off […]

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Overseas Agents

Overseas Agents     Australia Rod Groves-Jones PO Box 1906, Port Lincoln 5606 South Australia rgj925@gmail.com USA – Florida Curt Hemmel Bay Shellfish Co. PO Box 289 Terra Ceia, FL 34250 Mobile: 561-445-3488 Hatchery: 941-721-3887 Fax: 941-722-1346 chemmel@tampabay.rr.com […]

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Seed & Livestock Sales

Seed & Livestock Sales Seasalter Shellfish (Whitstable) Ltd are pioneers in mollusc culture technology. We are suppliers of shellfish seed and market size oysters, clams and cockles farmed on our freehold fisheries. Bulk Supplies For bulk supplies of oysters contact 01227 276693 or email info@seasaltershellfish.co.uk […]

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Phytoplankton Cultures

Phytoplankton Cultures All marine species routinely kept in continuous culture are priced the same. Typical culture densities (in cells per million/ microlitre) are listed below . Species Cell Count – Pavlova lutheri 10 – Tetraselmis suecica 1 – Tahitian Isochrysis* 10 – Chaetoceros muelleri 10 – Chaecoteros ceratosporom 10 – Skeletonema costatum 10 – Rhinomonas […]

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Algal Production Systems

Continuous Algal Production Systems How do you grow algae in your hatchery? Are you still using a batch system, with all the time-consuming repetitive work which this involves, or struggling to maintain sterile conditions economically using filters? Is output limited by algae production, which you cannot expand for reasons of manpower, space and cost? Do […]

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