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Edible oysters - basics of farming and its wealth in health benefits

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Title Edible oysters - basics of farming and its wealth in health benefits
 
Creator Jenni, B
Mohamed, K S
Kripa, V
Alloycious, P S
Justin Joy, K M
 
Subject Farming/Culture
Edible oyster
 
Description Oysters, “Janitors” in the aquatic ecosystem is also a palatine food.
This bivalve mollusc is protected by two calcareous shells,rich in
calcium carbonate and strontium. The animal is attached to the
hard substratum with the cementing material produced by the
animal itself.
Globally, China the lead producer of oysters (Crassostrea spp.
3948817 metric tonnes, FAO 2014).In India its popularity is so
limited but in the beginning of 20thcentury the scenario has
changed due to the implementation and commercialization of
oyster farming in the country by Central Marine Fisheries Research
Institute (CMFRI) through a World Bank aided NAIP project. Its
collateral efforts with State Fisheries make this farming a popular
and profitable aquaculture practice along the coastal States of
India especially in Kerala and Maharashtra.
In India Crassostreamadrasensis, the major species contributing
to the fisheries and its commercial production was started in
Ashtamudi Lake in Kerala (1995). The initial production was 2
tonnes but now the production has reached 4045 tonnes (2016).
 
Publisher ICAR- Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute
 
Date 2020
 
Type Book Section
PeerReviewed
 
Format text
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/16416/1/Aquaculture%20Worker%20Training%20Manual_2020_Ch%2011.pdf
Jenni, B and Mohamed, K S and Kripa, V and Alloycious, P S and Justin Joy, K M (2020) Edible oysters - basics of farming and its wealth in health benefits. In: Aquaculture Worker. ICAR- Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Kochi, pp. 123-130. ISBN 978-93-82263-32-6