Off-Bottom Oyster Aquaculture Program

About this grant

This project will support workforce development and job creation on the Mississippi Gulf Coast by creating an off-bottom oyster aquaculture workforce training program. The project will develop and implement a two-phase program for qualified and interested individuals to learn the ecological, economic, and business components of initiating and maintaining an off-bottom aquaculture operation. The Off- Bottom Oyster Aquaculture Program (the Program) will provide future oystermen and fishermen with the training needed to start an off-bottom oyster aquaculture operation.