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Karen Rivara, Oyster Grower
- Item Number
- 135
- Estimated Value
- Priceless
- Sold
- 225 USD to krwklaus
- Number of Bids
- 7 - Bid History
Item Description
Karen wanted to be a Marine Biologist since watching the “Adventures of Jacques Cousteau” on television when she was twelve. She graduated from Southampton College. LIU in 1981
She began work at the Shinnecock Tribe Oyster Project in 1983 as a Research Technician for Dr. Robert Malouf, MSRC, SUNY Stony Brook.
Karen fell in love with shellfish farming and has worked in commercial hatcheries, including the Bluepoints Company hatchery, 1985- 1987 when she returned to Shinnecock.
She is president of Aeros Cultured Oyster Company, Inc., a company she and her business partner, Jim Markow began in 1994 as a hatchery in the basement of his house. She moved the hatchery to Shellfisher Preserve a Peconic Land Trust property in Southold in 2004.
She is a founding member of the Noank Aquaculture Cooperative (2000), East End Marine Farmers Association (2001) and the East Coast Shellfish Growers Association (2002)
She was drawn to shellfish mariculture because it is very satisfying to produce something she has grown from a fertilized egg. She also hoped that this work would help make the Long Island Estuaries she works in more productive.
A day with Karen may include:
Going on a four hour tour, visiting the hatchery, nursey, and grow-out operations, as well as, learning about the different Peconic Estuary projects, and finishing off with an oyster tasting.
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