The Haskin Shellfish Research Laboratory (HSRL), located at Bivalve and Cape Shore on the Delaware Bay, is a New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station (NJAES) and a field station for the Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences (IMCS) both located at Cook College, Rutgers University. This dual role permits HSRL to draw upon the strengths of both programs to fulfill its role in fisheries and aquaculture research. The station has over a 100-yr tradition of disseminating research results and working cooperatively with state and federal agencies and the fisheries and aquaculture communities in southern New Jersey. The close ties to state agencies and the fisheries industry are exemplified by an office of the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection housed within its Bivalve facility and the history of frequent meetings of the various shellfish organizations. HSRL generates and disseminates research information directly applicable to all aspects of fisheries and aquaculture science, concentrating on species of commercial importance to New Jersey. The HSRL maintains two facilities, one in Bivalve and one at Cape Shore. A third facility, being built in Cape May, will be a commercial-scale Multispecies Aquaculture Demonstration Facility (MADF). This facility will be a commercial scale finfish and shellfish aquaculture facility and will be coordinated with the hatchery program at Cape Shore and research program at Bivalve. The MADF will provide a fully equipped hatchery building and nursery facility for shellfish and finfish, ponds for finfish growout and leased grounds in Delaware Bay and along the eastern New Jersey coast for shellfish growout. An associated facility located on Cape May Harbor houses the MADF administrative office and dormitory space for 8 people.

The Bivalve facility has well-equipped laboratories for investigations on microbiology, histopathology, shell structure, shellfish physiology and pathophysiology, analytical chemistry, cytogenetics, and biochemistry as well as a dark room, wet laboratory and docking facilities. A shellfish modeling program is also housed at Bivalve. A number of small research vessels, including the 11 m {Eddy}, 8 m {Veliger} and 7 m {Swirl} support in situ investigations and periodic surveys. Associated dormitories house 16 people.

Rutgers Cape Shore Laboratory is located on the shore of Delaware Bay approximately ten miles from Cape May, NJ. Laboratory facilities at the site include 3000 sq. ft. of quarantine hatchery space and 3200 sq. ft. of office/dry lab space. Culture systems include a 22,000 gallon land based nursery and a 50,000 gallon quarantine holding system for non-native oyster species. The recent addition of a 6,000 gallon reservoir for holding high salinity water has further expanded culturing capabilities to include high salinity species. The site also includes 5 acres of intertidal flats located in front of the laboratory which is used for field grow out of oysters and clams. A 5 bedroom, 2 bath, 10 bed on site dormitory was completed in January 1998, and provides housing for laboratory technicians, students, and visiting researchers.