Mrs Ester van de Wiel

Design Researcher, -zee -plaats -werk -land, The Netherlands

Expertise

Ostrea edulis, Other Bivalve Species
Aquaculture, Oyster Habitat Restoration, Public Outreach, Site Selection, Oyster Supplier (Hatchery, Wild Fishery)

Project affiliation

Delta Dependance 010 and rif-bouw-plaats

Manifesting an eco-social society and dynamic delta culture through design projects, research and collaboration with Delta Workers and Bio Builders. #coproduction #empathic-field-resaerch #reefbuilding #participation #hands-on #inter-esse

E-Mail: info@estervandewiel.nl
Web: www.zee-plaats-werk-land.nl

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Mr Joost Adriaanse

Design Researcher, -zee -plaats -werk -land, The Netherlands

Expertise

Ostrea edulis, Other Bivalve Species
Aquaculture, Public Outreach, Site Selection, Oyster Supplier (Hatchery, Wild Fishery)

Project affiliation

Delta Dependance 010 and rif-bouw-plaats

Manifesting an eco-social society and dynamic delta culture through design projects, research and collaboration with Delta Workers and Bio Builders. Current focus on Dutch Delta region. Seaweedfarmer as a side job. #coproduction #empathic-field-resaerch #reefbuilding #participation #hands-on #inter-esse

E-Mail: mail@joostadriaanse.nl
Web: www.zee-plaats-werk-land.nl

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Dr. Rachel Millar

Marine Conversation Officer, Ulster Wildlife Trust, UK

Expertise

Ostrea edulis
Biosecurity, Monitoring, Oyster Habitat Restoration, Public Outreach, Site Selection

Project affiliation

NONI - Native Oyster Restoration in Northern Ireland

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Mrs Lucy Hunt

Director, Sea Synergy, Ireland

Expertise

Ostrea edulis
Monitoring, Oyster Habitat Restoration, Public Outreach, Site Selection, Oyster Supplier (Wild Fishery)

Project affiliation

Sea Synergy native oyster research Portmagee Channel

We started a research project in 2021 and looking for funding to continue as we have found some of the largest oysters in ireland and believe the habitat should be protected for restoration rather than aquaculture of pacific oysters..

E-Mail: lucy@seasynergy.org
Web: Seasynergy.org

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Dr. Maximiliano Cledon

Scientific coordinator, Seastainable Ventures, Spain

Expertise

Ostrea edulis, Crassostrea gigas, Crassostrea angulata, Other Bivalve Species
Invasive Species, Monitoring, Public Outreach, Site Selection

Using filter feeders to improve the chemical and biological conditions of the water column and enhance biodiversity recovery.

E-Mail: mcledon@gmail.com
Web: www.seastainableventures.com

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Dr. Christine Ewers-Saucedo

Postdoctoral researcher, Zoological Museum of the Christian-Albrechts University, Germany

Expertise

Ostrea edulis
Genetics, Historical Ecology, Invasive Species, Public Outreach

I am broadly interested in the evolutionary ecology of aquatic invertebrates. My areas of expertise are (a) historical phylogeography, and (b) the reconstruction of evolutionary change with genomic and morphological time series. The European oyster is one of my model systems. Using ancientDNA approaches, I aim to understand how and why the European oyster genomic diversity has changed over time, and how this change may relate to its decline. My immediate goal is to reconstruct the natural distribution of genomic diversity and particular local adaptations, a baseline that could be useful to restoration projects across Europe.

E-Mail: ewers-saucedo@zoolmuseum.uni-kiel.de
Web: www.ewers-saucedo.net

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Dr. David Smyth

Science Officer, Bangor University Wales, United Kingdom

Expertise

Ostrea edulis, Crassostrea gigas, Other Bivalve Species
Aquaculture, Biosecurity, Disease, Ecosystem Service Quantification, Historical Ecology, Invasive Species, Monitoring, Oyster Habitat Restoration, Public Outreach, Seed Production, Site Selection

Project affiliation

NONI Native Oysters Northern Ireland, Ulster Wildlife Trust Blue Carbon Habitats Shellfish Beds

I'am currently employed as a Science Officer with the Shellfish Centre Wales based at Bangor University. I have worked with native oyster population dynamics for more than 20 years. My particular expertise is the passive / benign approach to bivalve restoration. I have extensive experience in establishing, monitoring and augmenting both subtidal and intertidal native oyster, pearl oyster and horse mussel populations. I' am a predictive population modeler of invasive bivalve species, with Magallana gigas and Pinctada radiata species of interest. I'am currently working on the DAERA funded; Native Oysters Northern Ireland project (NONI) and the Ulster Wildlife Trust Blue Carbon Habitats project. I, am also connected with the Zoological Society of London "Wild Oysters" restoration hub at the Conwy Estuary Wales.

E-Mail: d.smyth@bangor.ac.uk

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Kahren Dowcett

Board Member, former N/S American Chapter Director, Executive Director, World Oyster Society and The Living Arts Institute (website down presently), USA

Expertise

Ostrea edulis, Crassostrea gigas, Crassostrea angulata, Other Bivalve Species
Public Outreach

Project affiliation

Supporting oyster literacy and restoration through education and speaking engagements.

The 'A' in STEAM education and community awareness building. Toward that end, I authored a play and a teaching tale called Sammy Spat and the Big Rescue to build public awareness of oysters and their keystone role in ocean health. I hold degrees in both the arts (Theatre and Design) and Educational Leadership/Experiential Education) and have established a non-profit to spotlight key social and environmental issues. It is through the arts and our hearts that we are motivated to take action. The play and Sammy Spat and the Big Rescue were written to capture the heart while it informs - end goal: fall in love with the main character Sammy Spat, follow his journey, and join in to help oysters. I intend in book two for Sammy to ride the tide to the NORA part of the world. Teaching, public speaking, co-creating/collaboration, strategic planning get me energized!

E-Mail: kahrendowcett@gmail.com
Web: sammyspat.com

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Karin Didderen

marine ecologist, Bureau Waardenburg, Netherlands

Expertise

Ostrea edulis, Other Bivalve Species
Ecosystem Service Quantification, Monitoring, Oyster Habitat Restoration, Public Outreach, Site Selection

Project affiliation

Native oyster restoration in the Netherlands

I am involved in native oyster restoration, monitoring, ecosystem service quantification and outreach in the Netherlands, and to restoration in the USA and Australia. I contributed to the first active restoration pilots and the description of the first native oyster reef in the Dutch North sea. I am part of the Dutch Flat Oyster Consortium that is active in putting native oyster restoration on the policy agenda together with partners. I am also involved in designs of offshore wind farms, where populations of native oyster are actively promoted as well as new restoration techniques for oyster reef restoration.

E-Mail: k.didderen@buwa.nl
Web: https://www.platteoester.nl

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Alison Debney

Programme Lead, Ecosystem Restoration, Zoological Society of London (ZSL), United Kingdom

Expertise

Ostrea edulis
Aquaculture, Biosecurity, Historical Ecology, Monitoring, Oyster Habitat Restoration, Public Outreach, Site Selection

Project affiliation

Essex Native Oyster Restoration Initiative, Wild Oyster, Native Oyster Network - UK & Ireland

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Dr. Loren Coen

Research Prof., Dept. of Biological Sciences, HBOI, Florida Atlantic University, US

Expertise

Other Bivalve Species
Disease, Ecosystem Service Quantification, Historical Ecology, Monitoring, Oyster Habitat Restoration, Public Outreach, Site Selection

Project affiliation

OIMMP Mapping intertidal oysters, GEMS, Brevard Lagoon Restoration

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Mr Hein Sas

Owner, Sas Consultancy, Nederland

Expertise

Ostrea edulis
Biosecurity, Disease, Historical Ecology, Invasive Species, Monitoring, Oyster Habitat Restoration, Public Outreach, Seed Production, Site Selection

Project affiliation

All Dutch native oyster retoration projects, in one way or the other

As one of the initiators of native oyster restoration in Dutch waters, I am currently functioning as an informal network coordinator, operating between the various restoration projects and related organisations. With the purpose of stimulating cooperation and exchange of information, in order to speed up the learning curve we have to go through. As member of the NORA Advisory Board I also attempt to stimulate cross-border cooperation and information exchange at a European level.

E-Mail: hsas@xs4all.nl

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Prof. Jason Hall-Spencer

Professor of Marine Biology, University of Plymouth, UK and Japan

Expertise

Ostrea edulis, Crassostrea gigas
Aquaculture, Ecosystem Service Quantification, Invasive Species, Monitoring, Public Outreach

I work on the effects of ocean acidification and warming on oysters and other aquaculture species, as well as on biogenic habitats and marine invasive species. This research is mainly based in the NE Atlantic, the Mediterranean, China and Japan. I am President of the British Phycological Society with an interest in how the movement of oysters can present biosecurity challenges as well as major ecosystem benefits.

E-Mail: jhall-spencer@plymouth.ac.uk
Web: https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/staff/jason-hall-spencer

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Dr. Anamarija Frankic

Research Professor, University of Zadar Croatia, Croatia

Expertise

Ostrea edulis, Other Bivalve Species
Aquaculture, Ecosystem Service Quantification, Monitoring, Oyster Habitat Restoration, Public Outreach, Site Selection

Project affiliation

NORRI.ie

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Dr. Stein Mortensen

Senior scientist, Institute of Marine Research, Norway

Expertise

Ostrea edulis, Crassostrea gigas, Other Bivalve Species
Aquaculture, Disease, Historical Ecology, Invasive Species, Monitoring, Public Outreach

Microbiologist, spesialization in bivalve health and disease transmission. Experience from projects on oyster, mussel and scallop aquaculture. Leading a National Reference Laboratory function on diagnostics of bivalve diseases in Norway and a healtth monitoring programme, including wild and farmed populations of flat oysters and mussels. Leading a Nordic collaborative network on Pacific oysters in Scandinavia, studying the spreading dynamics, mitigation as well as a potential exploration of Pacific oysters as a new resource. Also involved in public outreach through communication with stakeholders, including managers.

E-Mail: stein.mortensen@hi.no
Web: https://www.hi.no/hi

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Ms Corina Peter

Research Assistant, Alfred-Wegener-Institute Helmholtz centre for polar and marine research, Germany

Expertise

Ostrea edulis
Public Outreach, Site Selection

Project affiliation

RESTORE, PROCEED

My main focus is on conducting outreach to the public developing 1) educational material e. g. for German highschool students and teachers, 2) information material for interested visitors e.g. info boards and flyer, 3) an interactive online platform to increase the knowledge on the native oyster and its valuable ecosystem functions.

E-Mail: Corina.peter@awi.de
Web: https://www.awi.de/forschung/biowissenschaften/oekologie-der-schelfmeere/schwerpunkte/europaeische-auster/proceed.html

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Dr. William Sanderson

MASTS Reader / Associate Professor, Hariot-Watt University, UK

Expertise

Ostrea edulis, Other Bivalve Species
Biosecurity, Disease, Ecosystem Service Quantification, Invasive Species, Monitoring, Oyster Habitat Restoration, Public Outreach, Seed Production, Site Selection

Project affiliation

Dornoch Environmental Enhancement Project

Societal benefits, restoration, ecology, biodiversity & monitoring of: 1. Shellfish reefs, 2. Marine Protected Areas 3. Priority habitats of nature conservation importance, The win-win between biodiversity conservation, ecosystem function and marine development Biodiversity mapping and management in Marine Spatial Planning Sustainable development and habitat use by species of high biodiversity conservation importance

E-Mail: w.g.sanderson@hw.ac.uk
Web: https://researchportal.hw.ac.uk/en/persons/william-sanderson

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Mr Matthew Uttley

Essex Native Oyster Restoration Initiative Project Manager, Blue Marine Foundation, GB

Expertise

Ostrea edulis
Biosecurity, Monitoring, Oyster Habitat Restoration, Public Outreach

Project affiliation

Essex Native Oyster Restoration Initiative (ENORI)

My primary focus is on the delivery of physical restoration of native oyster populations and habitat. In managing the ENORI project I have developed a broad knowledge of all things oysters. Key considerations and particular interests within our habitat restoration work include supply and type of cultch, biosecurity, monitoring and delivery of public outreach. I have a mixed disciplinary background, I have completed research projects and have spent time working within the bivalve aquaculture industry.

E-Mail: matt@bluemarinefoundation.com
Web: https://essexnativeoyster.com/

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Dr. Luke Helmer

Scientific Officer, Blue Marine Foundation / University of Portsmouth / University of Southampton, United Kingdom

Expertise

Ostrea edulis, Crassostrea gigas
Aquaculture, Biosecurity, Disease, Invasive Species, Monitoring, Oyster Habitat Restoration, Public Outreach, Seed Production, Site Selection

Project affiliation

Solent Oyster Restoration Project / The Wild Oysters Project

Primarily focused on providing a strong scientific foundation for the Solent Oyster Restoration Project, my intrests are broad as there are many issues to consider within our system. My previous research has involved invasive species, restoration aquaculture systems, disease and associated biodiversity. More recently we have been working on scaling up reef restoration and I have been encouraging the movement towards integrated ecosystem restoration (Oysters, Saltmarsh, Seagrass and Kelp). Outreach, communication and engement with a range of audiences is also something that I keen to develop across Europe following our successful activities in the UK.

E-Mail: luke@bluemarinefoundation.com
Web: https://www.bluemarinefoundation.com/projects/solent/

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Anne Birch

Marine Program Manager, Florida, U.S.A., The Nature Conservancy, United States

Expertise

Other Bivalve Species
Oyster Habitat Restoration, Public Outreach

Project affiliation

Native oysters in Florida

I have been involved in marine conservation work for more than 30 years in my adopted home of Florida. I joined The Nature Conservancy (TNC) in 2004 and as TNC’s Marine Program Manager in Florida, I am responsible for guiding work on restoring and managing coastal systems that include habitat restoration, management and policy actions, and convening diverse stakeholders to tackle issues affecting Florida’s estuarine systems. I have a special affinity for oyster habitat and I am currently managing a large-scale oyster habitat restoration project and the development of an oyster ecosystem-based fisheries management plan for the Greater Pensacola Bay System in Florida.

E-Mail: abirch@tnc.org
Web: nature.org/florida

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