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The larvae are priced between $150 per million up to $250 per million, depending on the species and the risk involved in producing it. You have to constantly watch what’s going on with your incoming water.” “The water is still problematic and we never assume it can or will be better. “Some will inexplicably die for reasons we don’t know,” he reflected. But there’s still attrition in the three-week timeline it takes to produce oyster larvae. With a better understanding of the problem, production at the hatchery has improved significantly. We learned that if we could start the larvae out in better conditions, their survival rate would go way up.” “Ten years ago we found that by day 10 we’d have die-out based on day-one conditions. “The first three days after spawning are critical and it’s crucial to have good water on day one,” Wiegardt said. 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He’s relieved that daily production has returned to decent levels these days, in the region of 40 to 50 million larvae. Wiegardt’s spouse, Sue Cudd, is the owner of Whiskey Creek Oyster Hatchery in Tillamook, Ore., which sells oyster eye larvae to oyster farmers up and down the West Coast of the United States. If there’s one thing Mark Wiegardt has learned during 50 years of shellfish farming, it’s that ocean water is unpredictable. Shellfish growers like Taylor have been confronting high larval-stage mortalities for oysters and other shellfish during recent years. Farmers from East and West coasts learn to be proactive about mitigation efforts Taking a close look at larval geoducks at Taylor Shellfish Farms’ hatchery in Quilcene, Wash. ![]() They easily resist pests and disease and are usually a plant that you can just let do their thing. If you live in a woodland area, bluebells will grow easily in your garden, though they can subsist elsewhere too! 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