1. โข Partners
โ New York Harbor Foundation
โ Cornell University
โ Hudson River Foundation
New York City
Department of Environmental Protection
Oyster Research Project
Thurston Basin
Jamaica Bay Task Force
Meeting
October 29, 2015
5. 5
Model Results
๏ฎ A total of 47,500 larvae were released from 19 reefs
๏ฎ Overall recruitment success was about 16% of total release
Thurston Basin
6. 6
Project Overview
Temporary
Aquaculture
Floats and
Line
Subtidal
Reefs
โข Project Site
o Head of Bay
o Within the 200-Yard Exclusion Zone of JFK
airport
โข Aquaculture Line
o 900 foot longline
o 300 12โ floats
o Trays of oysters hanging from longline
โข Oyster Settlement Reefs
o 4 reefs, each reef (10m x 50m)
o Subtidal (10-20 ft below MLW)
โข Hurricane Sandy Resiliency Funding
from DOI ($1M with $375+ match from DEP)
7. 7
Characterize Project Area
โข Initial Site Surveys and
Mapping
o Bottom Type
o Benthic Community
Analysis
o Hydrodynamics (ADCP
deployed for 2 months)
โข Timeline: Early spring 2016
8. 8
Oyster Nursery Construction
โข Oyster Aquaculture
Line
o 600 foot longline
o 200 12โ floats, 3ft
spacing
o Trays of oysters
hanging from
longline
โข Timeline: Late May
2016
9. 9
Reef Construction
๏ถ Reef Base Construction
o 500 yards of clean clam shell
o 4 barge loads
๏ถ Timing: Early May 2016
o Deployed from barge over 4 days
๏ถ Oyster Shell Veneer
o 20 yards of clean oyster shell
o Deployed from barge over 2
days:
o Testing of Crushed Porcelain as
a suitable substrate
11. 11
Monitoring Oyster Settlement
โข Settlement Reef Monitoring
o Diver Quadrat Sampling,
๏ง Timing: 2 days a month from July โ November
o Oyster Tong Sampling
o Timing: 2 days in November 2016 and
November 2017
โข Passive Settlement Bags
o 10 sites โ 1 on each reef (4), 1 east of reefs, 5 west
of reefs
