2019 Oyster Summit Held in Raleigh
The North Carolina Coastal Federation, North Carolina Sea Grant, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) and North Carolina Division of Marine Fisheries (DMF) hosted the 2019 North Carolina Oyster Summit on Tuesday, March 12 in Raleigh, N.C.
The summit took place at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences in Raleigh from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and sold out ahead of the event. The reception that followed at 5:30 p.m. at the newly constructed Transfer Co. Food Hall had over 200 guests register in advance and more purchased tickets at the door.
To read more about the summit, click here.
Presentations
- Welcome and Background
- Tom Looney, N.C. Economic Development Partnership
- Rural Economic Development
- Mary Penny Kelly, Office of the Governor
- Recipe for Success – Key Ingredients to Shellfish Initiative
- Howard Schnabolk, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association
- Panel: Efforts to Promote Healthy Wild Oyster Stocks
- Dr. Seth Theuerkauf, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
- Jacob Boyd, N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries
- Dr. Lexia Weaver, North Carolina Coastal Federation
- Jess Hawkins, Crystal Coast Ecotours, Inc
- Keith Bruno, Endurance Seafood
- Panel: Oysters or Clean Water
- Shannon Jenkins, N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries
- Anne Deaton, N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries
- Steve Weeks, Crab Point Seafood
- Todd Miller, North Carolina Coastal Federation
- Roadmap to Build $100M Mariculture Industry
- Tom Looney, N.C. Economic Development Partnership
- Dr. Chris Baillie, East Carolina University
- Consider the Environment – Advances in Research and Regulations
- Panel: Success Breeds Success
- Whit Winslow, N.C. Wine and Grape Council
- Richard Greene, N.C. Craft Brewers Guild
- John Aydlett, N.C. Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services
