TWENTY-FOURTH ANNUAL EASTERN FISH HEALTH WORKSHOP Royal Pavilion Resort, Atlantic Beach, NC MARCH 9-11, 1999 Juvenile Oyster Disease Earl J. Lewis and C. Austin Farley National Ocean Service, NOAA, Center for Coastal Environmental Health and Biomolecular Research, Cooperative Oxford Laboratory, Oxford, MD 21654-9724 Juvenile oyster disease (JOD) is a malady of cultured oysters Crassostrea virginica that can cause catastrophic losses in first- year oysters less than one inch in length. Thus far, JOD has been observed in the northeastern United States from New York to Maine. A video and fact sheet have been produced describing the history of the disease, effects on the oyster industry, how to recognize the disease, and management techniques to avoid heavy losses of oysters grown in JOD-infected waters. The documentary is based on interviews with oyster growers in the Northeast. The video was produced as an educational tool for oyster growers, shellfish managers, and university marine science curricula. Copies are available by contacting the NOAA Cooperative Oxford Laboratory. Return to 24th Annual Eastern Fish Health Workshop Return to Leetown Science Center Home Page