PROJECT NUMBER
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1994-083
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED
Increased production of juvenile Pacific oysters (Crassostrea gigas) through supplementary feeding
The standard method for growing the early stages of juvenile Pacific oysters is to hold them in systems called upwellers in land-based nurseries. Seawater is pumped through to provide the oysters with food particles. Growth rates of oysters cultured using this method were highly variable at Pipe...
ORGANISATION:
CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere Hobart