King said the company has run small test programs the last two summers and found that the larvae have done well with water from the Quinnipiac.ĭonna Curran, who lives next door, said her only concern is the timeline for the project, which she hopes is not long with unfinished portions lingering.Ĭhris Ozyck, a neighbor from across the street, said he is excited by the plans on many levels. The two small historic buildings, which are contributing structures to the historic district, will be moved from the floodplain and placed elsewhere on the property.Ĭampos said the new process will be maintenance intensive, but the outcome should be more certainty of having a successful product. Plans for the expansion of Copps Island Oysters on Quinnipiac Avenue in New Haven on September 24, 2021. The new oyster house will be two stories with the lower level designed to be wet flood protected, which means floodwater can flow through it.Īll the utilities will be 14 feet above base flood level the upper level will be office and meeting space. The last strategy is to have the hatchery as close to the river as possible, which works to keep it running smoothly. “If you get a blockage, which could kill the oysters, you can bypass to another system,” he said. To mitigate against the pump system that moves the water from clogging, Campos said there will be built-in redundancy with at least two of all the pipes and pumps. In nature, they spawn in brackish or estuary water. Their whole life cycle is based on filter feeding,” which is why they need the river water, Campos said. “The key thing is, we are mimicking nature here in this building. The spat are assessed as to size and strength before they are shipped to prepared oyster beds throughout Long Island Sound. ![]() Once the larvae are big enough they are moved to setting tanks where they attach to shells to become spat. That top floor will have a large, glass roof with solar collectors that take in sunlight focused on the growth tanks. The first two have large spawning and culture tanks where the babies, or broadstock, are formed and fed by the river water and algae that is grown in a greenhouse on the third floor. The hatchery, which will be adjacent to the river, will have three floors. ![]() The development upgrade includes improvements throughout the site from the entrance to parking and bulkhead repairs, but the main changes cover construction of an oyster house, the hatchery and relocation of two historic buildings. The company, after complaints by neighbors about an odor coming from the shells, now uses a cleaning formula that appears to have corrected the problem. Copps Island Oysters farm stand manager Patty King is photographed by the oyster dredging boat, Jeanne Christine, on Quinnipiac Avenue in New Haven on September 24, 2021. This is essential to the operation and will reappear again in four months. It goes up in January and is taken down in July when it is returned to the oyster bed sites at spawning time. ![]() Patty King, who has worked for Copps for several decades manning a clam boat and is co-manager of the New Haven site, said the Quinnipiac location is the most important one for the business.Īnyone traveling down Quinnipiac Avenue to the intersection with Grand Avenue will be familiar with the large shell pile on the property, which is seasonal.
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