RICRMC BioSecurity Minutes 1/19/12

CRMC BioSecurity Board
URI Bay Campus Ocean Technology Center
Conference Room
January 19, 2012

MEETING MINUTES

Attendees: Mike McGiveney, Scott Marshall, Robert Rheault, Boze Hancock, Dale Leavitt, Marta Gomez-Chiarri, Bill Silkes, Roxanna Smolowitz, Mark Gibson, and David Beutel

Discussion of protocol for curing and using cultch Shell Cultch Use Requirements

Inspection required before use: CRMC Aquaculture Coordinator or designee

Logbook requirements: Date of arrival, Depth of layer, Date(s) of turnin,g Date of use, Location, Source(s) (Logbook development by DEM Division of Fish and Wildlife)

Protocol for all shells

Immediate use if boiled open
6 month storage time before use
Bi-monthly turning if layer depth is less than 6”
Monthly turning if layer depth is 6-9”
Twice monthly turning if layer depth is 9-18”

Discussion and approval of updating shellfish zone map

Review of proposal to use European Sea Bass in a URI feed development project

Questions for Chong Lee project investigator:

What is the protocol to protect for escapement?
What methods of processing the scallop viscera are used to prevent disease?
Who will provide the pathology report prior to the fingerlings arriving?

Discussion of policy development for importing baitfish for next meeting

Adjourn

Map
Biosecurity Zones for intrastate transport of aquatic organisms – combined.
(19 January 2012 – Leavitt)

CALENDAR INDEX

RI Coastal Resources Management Council