Shellfish enhancement is a management tool used by Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife to increase opportunities for recreational harvest on certain public beaches by adding to the clam and oyster resource which occurs naturally. Our enhancement technique is to routinely "seed" suitable beaches with juvenile clam and oysters.

The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Division of Aquaculture has been given the responsibility to regulate the processing of all edible species of oysters, clams and mussels, either shucked or in the shell, fresh or frozen. Also, the Division is responsible for regulating whole or roe-on scallops intended for sale for human consumption either shucked or in the shell, fresh or frozen.

If the goal of the surgery was not achieved with the initial LASIK procedure, we may want to fine tune your vision with another surgery called an enhancement. The enhancement is very similar to the first surgery; however, the microkeratome that helps to create the flap initially is not used. Instead, the flap is surgically lifted with a different instrument following the original incision line. The enhancement procedure is typically done no sooner than three months after the initial procedure.

If you are allergic to shellfish, consult your doctor before deciding to take glucosamine. In most cases, however, allergies are caused by proteins in shellfish, not chitin, a carbohydrate from which glucosamine is extracted. Furthermore, there is no crossover between the acid derived chitin from shells and the antigens that cause shellfish allergies since the acid process required to leach the chitin from the shell strips away the carbohydrate side chains that would be antigenic.

Enhancement surgery is additional treatment to "fine tune" the result. It takes one to three months from the initial surgery for the vision to be stable. During this time there may be some minor fluctuations in your vision. There is a lot of individual variation in the rate and amount that people heal. If after three months there is some under or over correction Dr Kent can offer you some additional lasering to optimise the outcome, providing it is safe to do so.

Fat Absorb is non-allergenic. People with shellfish allergies are allergic to the meat, not the fiber in the shell.

For a more natural, less dramatic effect than is achieved with the eyeliner enhancement, eyelash enhancement can be done as the color is enhanced at the base of the lashline. I have no or little eyebrow hair.  Can eyebrow be made to look natural, and not "drawn on". Yes.  There is a special softshading technique which uses a hand tool to create individual hair strokes.

In 1994, U.S. Congress signed the Dietary Supplement, Health & Education Act (DSHEA) into law. In this landmark piece of legislation, the Dietary Supplement industry was permitted to manufacture and distribute natural substances, provided that the substances did not "pose a significant threat to consumer safety." With the signing of this piece of legislation, the "burden of proof" was placed on the FDA to prove a natural substance not fit for general consumption.

Louisiana law increases the punishment in drunk driving cases if certain facts exist. Call us to learn more

enhancement is an additional LASIK procedure used for fine tuning after the initial procedure. Because of individualistic healing factors, it is sometimes necessary for additional treatment. This can be done no sooner than three months following the initial procedure and sometimes may take up to six months even if the correction is a little off at the one day post-operative visit.

The state presently seeds enhanced beds with Manila clams and Pacific oysters. These are the primary species currently being sold as "seed" and we have a long history of success planting them. We also planted geoduck clams until the closing of the state shellfish hatchery. When our hatchery was operating, we raised much of the shellfish seed ourselves.

Chitosan, obtained from the exoskeleton of shellfish, is an insoluble fibre. Before processing, the raw exoskeleton is composed of insoluble fibre, protein, and trace elements, such as iodine. During the manufacturing process, chitosan is refined to such an extent that the insoluble fibre is the only significant nutrient remaining. The protein and iodine are removed during the refinement process.

The species that appears to take in the highest amounts of toxins so far are green-lipped mussels. Other species have been found with toxins that are in the range where illness is possible. These include tuatua, toheroa, oysters, scallops, cockles and pipi. Other species like kina and surf clams should not be taken from the affected areas. Whitebait appears to be unaffected. Care must be taken when eating paua, crab and crayfish from toxin-affected areas.

Generally, a shellfish farmer buys or collects juvenile shellfish, called "spat." He then puts them in special nets or lines (oysters and mussels) that are anchored in the ocean, or plants them on a beach (clams). The animals feed by filtering the abundant, high-quality plankton that naturally occur in the water. The farmer must keep the animals clean from algae and protect them from predators. He then harvests the animals when they grow to a marketable size.

Yes. A certified shellstock shipper, shucker packer or repacker may purchase shellstock from licensed harvesters who harvest shellfish from approved harvest areas in open status.