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Leslie N. Sturmer
Multi-County Aquaculture Extension Faculty
Fisheries, 1980, Humboldt State University B.S. Zoology,
1974, North Carolina State University |
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to 1995, Leslie Sturmer was employed by with Harbor Branch Oceanographic
Institution (HBOI) as project manager for a clam culture retaining program
called Project OCEAN, in Cedar Key. She also managed the oyster culture
retaining program, Oyster Farm Project, in Apalachicola, Florida where
more than 350 underemployed seafood workers were introduced to hatchery,
nursery and growout aspects of shellfish aquaculture.
Previous aquaculture experience includes Penaeid shrimp nursery and growout research and development at Texas A&M University. Sturmer also assisted in the creation of Texas' first state-owned redfish fry and fingerling hatchery near Corpus Christi. In 1995, a new position was created within the IFAS/Cooperative Extension Service to support an emerging shellfish aquaculture industry located in Florida's Big Bend area (Taylor, Dixie, Levy, and Citrus Counties) on the Gulf Coast. Upon accepting this position, Leslie Sturmer also acquired an affiliation within the Department of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. For two years, Sturmer worked cooperatively with Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution (HBOI) to develop Project WAVE ó a job retraining program in which approximately 70 displaced commercial net fishermen were taught hard clam cultivation techniques, using offshore state aquaculture leases. Sturmer continues to assist the shellfish industry by providing information on the latest regulations, product quality (shelf life studies), and water quality as well as species diversification (soft shell blue crabs and bay scallops). She works with a multi-county advisory committee that was formed to assist in further aquaculture program development. E-mail: LNST@ifas.ufl.edu Phone: 352-543-5057 Web Site: http://shellfish.ifas.ufl.edu |
Selected Publications
Ruth, Amanda, Leslie Sturmer and Chuck Adams. Organizational structures and strategies for the hard clam industry in Florida. Univ. of Florida IFAS.Nov. 2003. 59 pp.. PDF Sturmer-Taiani, L.N. 2002. Shellfish Aquaculture: A newsletter for the shellfish aquaculture industry in Florida. Vol. VI, No. II, July 2002. 5 pp. PDF Philippakos, E.,C. Adams, A. Hodges, D. Mulkey, D. Comer, L. Sturmer. 2001. Economic impact of the Florida cultured hard clam industry. Florida Sea Grant Publ. SGR 123. 23 pp. PDF Part 1 PDF Part 2 Colson, S. and L.N. Sturmer. 2000. One shining moment known as Clamelot: The Cedar Key story. J. Shellfish Res. 19(1):477-480. PDF Sturmer, L. Hard clam aquaculture in Florida. Institute of Food and Aqricultural Sciences, Cooperative Extension Service, Univ. of Florida. PDF Weeks, P. and L.N. Sturmer. 1996. The political and social context of technology transfer: two oyster projects in Florida. Pages 111-124 In C. Bailey, S. Jentofy, and P. Sinclair (eds.). Aquaculture Development: Social Dimensions of an Emerging Industry. Westview Press. Boulder, Colorado. Sturmer, L.N., T.M. Samocha and A.L. Lawrence. 1992. Intensification of Penaied nursery systems. Pages 321-344 In Fast, A.W. and L.J. Lester (eds.), Marine Shrimp Culture: Principles and Practices, Elsevier Science Publishers, the Netherlands. Creswell, L., D.E. Vaughan and L.N. Sturmer. 1991. Manual for cultivation of the American oyster in Florida. AMDAP Aquaculture Report Series, Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Tallahassee, Florida, 50 pp. Sturmer, L.N. 1990. Zooplankton composition and dynamics in fingerling red drum rearing ponds. Pages 80-90 In Chamberlain, G.W., R.J. Miget and M.G. Haby (eds.), Manual on Red Drum Aquaculture, Texas A&M University Sea Grant Publication (TAMU-SG-90-603). |
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Project WAVE participants learn how to raise clam seed in "raceways" as one of the first steps to clam farming. Once the tiny clams reach a certain size, they are carried to offshore lease sights, where they will be anchored to the bottom for a grow-out period of one to two years. Project WAVE was a two-year program designed to help displaced commerical net fishermen learn about clam farming ? as an alternative to commercial netting practices that were banned in 1995. |
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Thousands of bags of clams are growing in state leases justoffshore in Florida's upper Gulf coast. While suffering the usual growing pains accompanied with any new industry, clam farming has tremendous potential |
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The delicate clam has a new commercial potential in Florida waters along the shallow Gulf Coast. Due to successful marketing efforts by the Florida seafood industry, many folks are discovering that this tasty morsel can be steamed, sauteed, boiled, or fried and then enjoyed as part a seafood lover's feast. |
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of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 7922 NW 71st St., Gainesville, FL
32653 UF PO: 110600 Phone: 352/392-9617 Fax: 352/392-3672 |
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