On Friday, May 17, the New Jersey Maritime Museum presents Dale Parsons at its monthly talk program at Buckalew’s Restaurant and Tavern in Beach Haven.

An oyster and clam aquaculturist, Parsons is a fifth generation bayman from Tuckerton and seafood purveyor. Beginning in the 1990s, Parsons began teaching himself aquaculture, the science of growing seafood in controlled environments. He said this was necessary as the bay was losing its ability to produce enough clams to meet the demand.