Shellfish Restoration Funding and Workplans for Oyster Seed Beds 2020-2022
This document outlines the shellfish restoration funding initiatives and workplans focusing on natural oyster seed beds from 2020 to 2022. It includes financial assistance details, resource allocations, and proposed compensation for contractor services related to clam transplant, shellfish restoration work, market disruptions, and equipment purchases. The workplans highlight activities such as recovering and replanting shells, utilizing dredging methods, and purchasing/planting oyster and clam shells in various locations.
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2020 - 2022 Shellfish Restoration Funding for Natural Oyster Seed Beds David Carey
2020/2021 Resource & Financial Assistance Hard Clam transplant 2020 and 2001: Retail value $2.6 million 2020 Sea Grant Covid Response Natural bed enhancement: 2020 NOAA CFAP Round 1 2020 USDA FSA CARES: 2021 Sea Grant Covid Response Refrigerated Units: 2021 NOAA CFAP Round 2: 2021 CT Department Agriculture Cares Loss 2022 NOAA CFAP Infrastructure Natural Bed Enhancement 2022 Sea Grant Covid Response Natural Bed Enhancement $52,500.00 $453,000.00 $1,400,615.00 $50,000.00 $500,000.00 $3,250,000.00 $250,000.00 $100.000.00 Direct Payments Total Assistance $6,056,115.00 $8,656,115.00
Financial Assistance By Type $50,000.00 $2,600,000.00 Retail value value of harvest clams Payments for shellfish restoration work Direct compensation for market disruption Equipment purchase: $5,103,615.00 $402,500.00
2022 Workplans DOAG DA/BA will compensate participants by allowing the harvest and later sale of clams for: a) Recovering and replanting shell (thereby removing silt) DOAG DA/BA & Sea Grant have $375,000 to compensate participants for the following services: b) Payment for utilizing clam suction dredge to recover, quantify and replant buried shell c) Payment for stirring and removing silt with small dredges in designated area d) Purchase and plant oyster/hard clam shell e) Purchase and plant large oysters Locations: Bridgeport/Stratford, Fairfield, Fish Island, Greenwich Point (requires working VMS Unit) Timeframe: Workplan a begins April 25th Workplan b, c begins May 1st Workplan d, e begins June 1
Proposed Compensation Contractor Services: Each shellfish farmer contractor will work for 8 hours per day. The calculations are as follows: a) Sale of hard clams b) Fixed payment for Suction Dredge Contractor c) Fixed payment for Small Dredge Contractor $929.34 (8hrs); $116.17 (1hr) d) Purchase and plant sell on designated natural beds ($3.75/bushel) e) Purchase and plant large oysters on designated natural beds ($0.40 a piece)
