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Pearl culture experiment along Kerala coast

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Title Pearl culture experiment along Kerala coast
 
Creator Velayudhan, T S
Kripa, V
Alloycious, P S
 
Subject Pearl oyster
 
Description The spat of the Indian oyster, Pinc?rr~/uluprt.o(lGr~o uld) and nucleated pearl oysters were transported to a farm set up in the sea off Andakaranazhi near Cochin,
Kerala. They were cultured in a longline system from December 1994 to May 1995. The 3 month old pearl oyster spat of 15.9 mm average length attained 46.2
mm in 5 months. The nucleated pearl oysters also showed fnster growth and survival. Pearl production in the nucleated oysters worked out to 33%.
 
Date 1996
 
Type Conference or Workshop Item
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/4584/1/11.pdf
Velayudhan, T S and Kripa, V and Alloycious, P S (1996) Pearl culture experiment along Kerala coast. In: The Fourth Indian Fisheries Forum, Proceedings, 24-28 November, 1996, Kochi.