LOLA Oyster Eyed Larvae VA

Selected lines of disease resistant, fast growing triploid oyster brood stock from the Virginia Institute of Marine Science bred in the merroir of Gloucester, Virginia. 

To make the sterile, robust, fast growing triploid, male tetraploid lines are used, also created and improved at ABC, to cross with the female diploid line, which yields triploids.

• A low to medium salinity stock,
• with moderate resistance to MSX
• and high tolerance to Dermo.  
• Notable for good growth performance at low salinities.  
• The ancestors of this stock come from Louisiana and have been hybridized to mid Atlantic lines.
• This stock exhibits fast growth,
• but less MSX resistance than others.
  
• Selected for fast growth in low salinity waters.

Eyed larvae for remote setting or spat on shell operations. These eyed larvae are competent and ready to set, ensured by harvesting multiple times from each batch and finely grading them during each take down cycle. High performing larvae are produced during the entire growing season, with excellent setting rates throughout the spring and summer.