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Hatchery seed production and nursery rearing of Indian pearl oyster Pinctadafucata (Gould) under onshore and offshore conditions at Mandapam, Tamil Nadu

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Title Hatchery seed production and nursery rearing of
Indian pearl oyster Pinctadafucata (Gould)
under onshore and offshore conditions at Mandapam,
Tamil Nadu
 
Creator Victor, A C C
Kandasamy, D
Jagadis, I
Ignatius, Boby
Chellam, A
Chitra, G
Villan, P
Rajkumar, M
 
Subject Hatchery
Pearl oyster
 
Description A full fledged pearl oyster hatchery was established at R.C. of
CMFRI, Mandapam Camp along with a temperature controlled micro algal
culture laboratory. The hatchery house four 5 ton capacity circular FRP
tanks for storage of filtered sea water and 28 nos of 1.5 ton rectangular FRP
tanks for larval rearing. A central drain of 80 m length connects the
hatchery to the sea. Sea water supply is effected through 7.5 and
10 HP pumps connected to sedimentation tanks, ground level
sumps and to overhead tank. Two sand filters were erected for
effective filtering of sea water. Aeration is provided with air blowers
and air compressors. The annual production capacity is estimated to be
2.8 million spats. Induced spawning and larval rearing gave encouraging
results and 0.7 million spats were produced during June-August 1997.
 
Publisher The Marine Biological Association of India
 
Contributor Menon, N G
Pillai, P P
 
Date 2001
 
Type Book Section
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/2382/1/Article_21.pdf
Victor, A C C and Kandasamy, D and Jagadis, I and Ignatius, Boby and Chellam, A and Chitra, G and Villan, P and Rajkumar, M (2001) Hatchery seed production and nursery rearing of Indian pearl oyster Pinctadafucata (Gould) under onshore and offshore conditions at Mandapam, Tamil Nadu. In: Perspectives in Mariculture. The Marine Biological Association of India, Cochin, pp. 241-250.