Bill Mook's guest appearances

Bill Mook

Sourcing Matters.show

Maine Aquaculture - Stories of Resilience and Innovation

Kathleen Kennedy

Gabe Brown

Paul Hawken

Joel Makower

Marion Nestle

Chellie Pingree

Daisy Freund

Luke Holden

Dan Barber

Johns Hopkins

Jennifer Morgan

Seth Moulton

David Montgomery

Daphne Miller

Kevin Murphy

OwlTail

Today we are with Bill Mook,  an industry pioneer who is the founder of Mook Sea Farm, an oyster farm on the Damariscotta River.  Bill has been recognized by the Gulf of Maine Council's Sustainable Industry Awards for his efforts to improve the Gulf of Maine ecosystem and the coastal communities.He was a member of the Maine Ocean Acidification Commission that convened, wrote, and submitted a report to the Maine Legislature on the effects of coastal and ocean acidification on commercially harvested species grown long Maine’s Coast.He is a tireless advocate for climate change awareness, and how ocean acidification impacts oysters. Bill was a founding member of the Damariscotta River Association Tidewater Watch that served as the model for the Coastwide volunteer monitoring program for pollution.  He is a founding member of the Shellfish Growers Climate Coalition in collaboration with The Nature Conservancy He has testified to the U.S. Congress about the impacts of ocean acidification and climate change. Bill Mook also serves on Governor Mill's Climate Council.

Today we are with Bill Mook,  an industry pioneer who is the founder of Mook Sea Farm, an oyster farm on the Damariscotta River.  Bill has been recognized by the Gulf of Maine Council's Sustainable Industry Awards for his efforts to improve the Gulf of Maine ecosystem and the coastal communities.He was a member of the Maine Ocean Acidification Commission that convened, wrote, and submitted a report to the Maine Legislature on the effects of coastal and ocean acidification on commercially harvested species grown long Maine’s Coast.He is a tireless advocate for climate change awareness, and how ocean acidification impacts oysters. Bill was a founding member of the Damariscotta River Association Tidewater Watch that served as the model for the Coastwide volunteer monitoring program for pollution.  He is a founding member of the Shellfish Growers Climate Coalition in collaboration with The Nature Conservancy He has testified to the U.S. Congress about the impacts of ocean acidification and climate change. Bill Mook also serves on Governor Mill's Climate Council.

Maine Oyster Aquaculture - Episode 1, Bill Mook, Mook Sea Farm

Scott Soares

Mook SeaFarm

On episode 45 we welcome Bill Mook, founder and CEO of Mook Sea farm. Mook Sea Farm is an oyster farm founded in 1985 on the Damariscotta River in Midcoast Maine. They rear the American oyster from egg to adult size. Currently, the hatchery produces 120 million juvenile oysters (seed) annually for sale to other oyster growers throughout the Mid-Atlantic and the Northeast, and for our own cultivation of Wiley Point and Pemaquid Point oysters for the half-shell market.  They’re surely good eating, but oysters represent so much good to their surrounds, the shared environments, and the communities they support. You see, each adult oyster filters 50 gallons of water daily, they restore keystone marine ecosystems, and they build protective reefs around susceptible coastal communities – protecting us from storm surge and severe weather events. In this 45 minute discussion Bill Mook goes into details describing why Oysters are so important to the stability of seas, and to our planet.  As you’ll hear, Mook has implemented bleeding-edge R&amp;D in his hatchery that is second to none. Innovations include development of methods for overwintering seed out of the water; a tidal powered nursery system; a vessel and gear for mechanizing the use of OysterGro™ cages; and a unique, energy efficient, and highly productive system for growing the micro-algae we use for food in the hatchery.  Effectively his approach to “brew” feed for Oysters, or for other animals for that matter, sets to be revolutionary.  Joining the conversation as a first time co-host is Scott Soares.  Soares is former commissioner of Massachusetts Agriculture, and served as the Director of USDA Rural Development for Connecticut, Massachusetts and Rhode Island for the Obama administration.  Scott has 15 years of fishery and aquaculture experience prior to that – including early in his career serving as the 1st Massachusetts coordinator of aquaculture for nearly a decade.  If you care about the health of the Oceans, the solidarity of working waterfronts &amp; local economies, the sanctity of place, or if you just like to eat great seafood – have a listen to what this agent of change is doing in the clean cold waters of Maine.    www.SourcingMatters.show

On episode 45 we welcome Bill Mook, founder and CEO of Mook Sea farm. Mook Sea Farm is an oyster farm founded in 1985 on the Damariscotta River in Midcoast Maine. They rear the American oyster from egg to adult size. Currently, the hatchery produces 120 million juvenile oysters (seed) annually for sale to other oyster growers throughout the Mid-Atlantic and the Northeast, and for our own cultivation of Wiley Point and Pemaquid Point oysters for the half-shell market. They’re surely good eating, but oysters represent so much good to their surrounds, the shared environments, and the communities they support. You see, each adult oyster filters 50 gallons of water daily, they restore keystone marine ecosystems, and they build protective reefs around susceptible coastal communities – protecting us from storm surge and severe weather events. In this 45 minute discussion Bill Mook goes into details describing why Oysters are so important to the stability of seas, and to our planet. As you’ll hear, Mook has implemented bleeding-edge R&amp;D in his hatchery that is second to none. Innovations include development of methods for overwintering seed out of the water; a tidal powered nursery system; a vessel and gear for mechanizing the use of OysterGro™ cages; and a unique, energy efficient, and highly productive system for growing the micro-algae we use for food in the hatchery.  Effectively his approach to “brew” feed for Oysters, or for other animals for that matter, sets to be revolutionary. Joining the conversation as a first time co-host is Scott Soares.  Soares is former commissioner of Massachusetts Agriculture, and served as the Director of USDA Rural Development for Connecticut, Massachusetts and Rhode Island for the Obama administration.  Scott has 15 years of fishery and aquaculture experience prior to that – including early in his career serving as the 1st Massachusetts coordinator of aquaculture for nearly a decade. If you care about the health of the Oceans, the solidarity of working waterfronts &amp; local economies, the sanctity of place, or if you just like to eat great seafood – have a listen to what this agent of change is doing in the clean cold waters of Maine. <a href="http://www.sourcingmatters.show/index.php/2018/10/25/ep-45-bill-mook-ft-scott-soares/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> www.SourcingMatters.show</a>

ep. 45: Bill Mook - Mook SeaFarm - featuring: Scott Soares