Education

• 1985: M.S., Marine Studies, University of Delaware, Lewes, Delaware
• 1973: B.S., Zoology, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, Rhode Island

Research Interests

Shellfish and finfish aquaculture; shellfish restoration and stock enhancement; aquatic production systems/live transport; commercial and recreational fisheries; aquaculture waste/effluent management; aquaculture policy; marine/estuarine water quality; technology transfer and training; information technologies.

Current Activities

• Delaware Aquaculture Resource Center
• Aquaculture in Delaware
• The Northeast Regional Aquaculture Industry
• Shellfish Stock Enhancement and Habitat Restoration
  

Recent Publications

McIntosh, Dennis and John Ewart. 2007. Aquaculture Situation And Outlook Report 2007: Delaware. Northeastern Regional Aquaculture Center. College Park, Maryland. NRAC Publication 102-2007. 6p.

Urlich, P.N., J.W. Ewart and A.M. Marsh. 2007. Prevalence of Perkinsus marinus (Dermo), Haplosporidium nelsoni (MSX), and QPX in Bivalves of Delaware’s Inland Bays and Quantitative, High-Throughput Diagnosis of Dermo by QPCR. Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology. 54(6), pp. 520–526.

Kendall, Lindsay R., J. W. Ewart, P. Ulrich, and A. Marsh. 2007. Low Incidence and Limited Effect of the Oyster Pathogen Dermo (Perkinsus marinus) on an Artificial Reef in Delaware’s Inland Bays. Estuaries and Coasts. Vol. 30, No. 1, p. 1–9.

Ewart, John W., J. Alderman and EJ Chalabala. 2007. Community-based Oyster Gardening in Sussex County, Delaware for Public Education and Shellfish Restoration. The Proceedings from the 3rd National Conference on Coastal and Estuarine Habitat Restoration. Restore America’s Estuaries. Seattle, Washington.

Ewart J.W. 2005. Recommendations for an Operational Framework for Offshore Aquaculture in U.S. Federal Waters. Technical Report. Gerard J. Mangone Center for Marine Policy, University of Delaware. Delaware Sea Grant Publication Number DEL-SG-09-05. 118p. (with B. Cicin-Sain, S.M. Bunsick, J. Corbin, M. R. DeVoe, T. Eichenberg, J. Firestone, K. Fletcher, H. Halvorson, T. MacDonald, R. Rayburn, R. Rheault, and B. Thorne-Miller.

Ewart, John W., J. Alderman and EJ Chalabala. 2005. Inland Bays Applied Shellfish Research and Field Demonstration Projects are Yielding Valuable Information. Inland Bays Journal. Fall 2005. 4 p.

Ewart, J.W. 2005. Delaware Center for the Inland Bays Oyster Gardening Program Fact Sheet. Delaware Sea Grant Marine Advisory Program. UD College of Earth, Ocean, and Environment, University of Delaware. 2 p.