Molluscan shellfish farming /

As the world's population and the demand for seafood increase, the production of seafood from aquaculture has also seen massive increase and is set to continue. With wild stocks of many molluscan species depleted, aquaculture is firmly recognised as the means now, and for the future, of bridgin...

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Main Author: Spencer, B. E.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; Malden, MA, USA : Blackwell Science, 2002.
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Online Access:CONNECT
Table of Contents:
  • Bivalve cultivation in the UK: structuring influences
  • General biology of bivalves with respect to cultivation
  • Hatchery culture of bivalve larvae and juveniles
  • Cultivation of hatchery-reared oysters in the sea
  • Clam cultivation
  • Oyster cultivation
  • Mussel cultivation
  • Scallop cultivation
  • Abalone cultivation
  • Bivalve predators and their control
  • Criteria for selecting a site for bivalve cultivation
  • Processing live bivalves for consumptions.