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Market opportunities for Florida farmed oysters

EDIS, 2023
The oyster aquaculture industry has grown quickly in recent years. New farming techniques target specific attributes that increase oysters' value and allow them to be sold in the high-value, half-shell market.
Robert Botta, Taryn Garlock, Edward V. Camp, Andrew Ropicki, Frank Asche   +4 more
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One in a Million: Genetic Diversity and Conservation of the Reference Crassostrea angulata Population in Europe from the Sado Estuary (Portugal)

Life, 2021
The production of cupped oysters is an important component of European aquaculture. Most of the production relies on the cultivation of the Pacific oyster Crassostrea gigas, although the Portuguese oyster Crassostrea angulata represents a valuable ...
Stefania Chiesa, Livia Lucentini, Paula Chainho, Federico Plazzi, Maria Manuel Angélico, Francisco Ruano, Rosa Freitas, José Lino Costa   +7 more
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Comparison of absorption efficiency and metabolic rate between wild and aquaculture oysters (Crassostrea virginica)

Aquaculture Reports, 2020
In Eastern Canada, discussions about the adaptation of a hatchery-based industry for oyster aquaculture has led to the implementation of selective breeding programs.
Stephanie A. Hall, Denise Méthé, Sarah E. Stewart-Clark, K. Fraser Clark, Réjean Tremblay   +4 more
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Effect of oyster aquaculture on seagrass Zostera marina at the estuarine landscape scale in Willapa Bay, Washington (USA)

Aquaculture Environment Interactions, 2015
Both seagrasses and bivalve shellfish provide valuable ecosystem services in estuaries worldwide. Seagrasses are protected by no-net-loss provisions in US federal and state regulations, resulting in precautionary management that avoids any direct impacts
BR Dumbauld, LM McCoy
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New survey shows COVID-19's impacts on South Carolina oyster farmers and offers hope for recovery

Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development, 2021
First paragraph: This article is a summary of six months of research on how COVID-19 has affected South Carolina oyster aquaculture farms. This research has four goals: to better understand oyster consumption and purchases, to assess the impact of ...
Steven Richards, Marzieh Motallebi
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Comparison of Oyster Aquaculture Methods and Their Potential to Enhance Microbial Nitrogen Removal From Coastal Ecosystems

Frontiers in Marine Science, 2021
Coastal ecosystems are impacted by excessive nutrient inputs that cause degradation of water quality and impairments of ecosystem functioning. Regulatory and management efforts to enhance nutrient export from coastal ecosystems include sustainable oyster
Paraskevi Mara, Virginia P. Edgcomb, Taylor R. Sehein, David Beaudoin, Chuck Martinsen, Christina Lovely, Bridget Belcher, Rebecca Cox, Meghan Curran, Claire Farnan, Peter Giannini, Sarah Lott, Kyle Paquette, Anna Pinckney, Natalie Schafer, Tonna-Marie Surgeon-Rogers, Daniel R. Rogers   +16 more
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Aquaculture development in Japan [PDF]

, 1988
Along with the growth of the national economy, aquaculture in Japan has steadily developed in recent years. From 1976 to 1985, production of cultured fish and shellfish increased by 28% from 927 thousand mt to 1184 thousand mt.
Mito, Satoshi.
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The impacts of recycled concrete aggregate (RCA) on epifaunal community structure and eastern oyster recruitment: Implication of using RCA as bottom conditioning material for oyster restoration and aquaculture

Current Research in Environmental Sustainability, 2020
The eastern oyster (Crassostrea virginica) is a keystone species in the estuaries of the mid-Atlantic of the United States. Its population experienced drastic declines in the last century due to overfishing, habitat loss, and disease.
Chunlei Fan, Kelton Clark, Nikelene Mclean, Mark Bundy   +3 more
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Farming of mussels and oysters [PDF]

, 1988
This paper reviews the works on mussel and oyster culture conducted from 1975 to 1985 by the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center Aquaculture Department at Tigbauan, Iloilo, Philippines. Innovative techniques developed in increasing collection of
Sitoy, Hermenegildo S.
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Assessing conservation conflict: Does intertidal oyster aquaculture inhibit foraging behavior of migratory shorebirds?

Ecosphere, 2020
Conservation is increasingly in conflict with human activities due to global human population growth, particularly in areas that support threatened species.
Brooke Maslo, J. Curtis Burkhalter, David Bushek, Tanner Yuhas, Brian Schumm, Joanna Burger, Julie L. Lockwood   +6 more
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