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Prospects of molluscan mariculture in India- Winter School on Recent Advances in Breeding and Larviculture of Marine Finfish and Shellfish

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Title Prospects of molluscan mariculture in India- Winter School on Recent Advances in Breeding and Larviculture of Marine Finfish and Shellfish
 
Creator Mohamed, K S
 
Subject Mariculture
Molluscan Fisheries
 
Description The global aquaculture production is estimated as 54.8 million tonnes (FAO, 2003) of which molluscs contributes
for more than 20% (11.1 million t). The rate of increase in production is presented in Fig.1. The major species farmed
globally are the Pacific Cupped oyster, clams, mussels, scallops, abalones, etc. (Fig.2). In the recent past, India has
made a small beginning (annual production of nearly 10,000 t) in molluscan farming (mussels and oysters) in the state
of Kerala, but it is yet to pick up in other maritime states, inspite of its immense potential. The nation has been able to
develop full fledged mariculture technologies for edible oysters, mussels, marine pearl production in fucata oysters,
and also developed hatchery technologies for pearl oysters, mussels, clams and some species of cephalopods and
gastropods.
 
Publisher CMFRI; Kochi
 
Date 2009
 
Type Teaching Resource
NonPeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/5366/1/30.pdf
Mohamed, K S (2009) Prospects of molluscan mariculture in India- Winter School on Recent Advances in Breeding and Larviculture of Marine Finfish and Shellfish. [Teaching Resource]