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OBJECTIVES <br />The primary goal of this project is to bring shellfish mariculture into the <br />aquaculture and science curriculum at Sebastian River Middle School ( <br />grades 6-8 ) as part of a hands-on, industry supported program. This goal <br />will be achieved through the following objectives. <br />I.To create a interdisciplinary aquaculture program at Sebastian River <br />Middle Junior High School based on raising hard clams in the Indian River. <br />2.To maintain project records to include costs of production, growth rates, <br />weather data, and water quality monitoring. <br />3.To maintain a close cooperative network between the Indian River School <br />System, Harbor Branch Foundation, the Sea Grant Extension Program, the <br />DEP and other regulatory agencies, and most importantly the local shellfish <br />industry. <br />4.To educate the public through the local news media and citizen action <br />groups. <br />5.To create a video chronology of this project to be produced by the Sea <br />Grant Extension Program. <br />6.To make the program self supporting by it's third year through the sale <br />of clams. <br />METHODS <br />The Indian River County Aquaculture Advisory Committee was established <br />at meetings in November of 1993 between Frank Lawlor (of Florida Sea <br />Grant), Al Mitchell (vocational agriculture teacher Indian River County), <br />Charles Sembler & Rep. Charles Sembler Jr. (Sembler's Fish Inc.) and other <br />commercial shell fishermen. At these meetings the needs and goals of the <br />Sebastian River Mariculture Project (SRMP) were discussed including the <br />following: <br />Submerged lands lease acquisition, equipment and supply needs, <br />project methods, scheduling of monitoring, record keeping, <br />monitoring guidelines, security for materials in the field, division of <br />project responsibilities training needs and liability. <br />2 <br />