Providing instruction, research and outreach in the area of shellfish ecology and production
Our focus areas
The primary AUSL mission is to ensure a thriving shellfish seafood community in the United States through globally relevant research, extension and education.
We strive to achieve this primary mission through three supporting missions.
- To better understand the value of natural environments and promote best practices that lead to sufficient and sustainable shellfish production, which in turn supports harvesters, growers, producers, distributors and consumers of shellfish.
- To develop an inclusive, capable workforce in shellfish seafood-related fields, with informed and engaged supportive communities.
- To increase demand for shellfish produced in the United States.
AUSL serves as a satellite base of operations in coastal Alabama for applied and basic marine research conducted by faculty, researchers and graduate students in the School of Fisheries, Aquaculture and Aquatic Sciences of Auburn University.
The Auburn University Shellfish Laboratory also serves as a base of operations in coastal Alabama for Extension and outreach efforts to commercial seafood stakeholders conducted by specialists and agents in the Alabama Cooperative Extension System.
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Auburn University Shellfish Laboratory
150 Agassiz St
Dauphin Island, AL 36528
(251) 861-3018
