The Australian mariculture industry: Finfish, molluscs and crustaceans.

Type Proceedings paper
Date 1989-02
Language English
Author(s) Baker J, Kenway M
Meeting Advances in Tropical Aquaculture, Workshop at Tahiti, French Polynesia, 20 Feb - 4 Mar 1989
Source Actes de colloques Ifremer, Tahiti, French Polynesia, 20 Feb - 4 Mar 1989, n°9, chap. 2, pp.11-30
Keyword(s) Australia Coasts, Crustacea, Tridacna gigas, Mytilus edulis planulatus, Pinctada maxima, Ostrea angasi, Crassostrea gigas, Saccostrea commercialis, Mollusca, Coryphaena hippurus, Lates calcarifer, Pisces, Marketing, Economics, Research programmes, Aquaculture development
Abstract Australia's interest in mariculture has been comparatively recent when compared with the developments in many other Pacific countries. Two exceptions are native oysters, cultivated for food since the late 1880's, and pearl oysters which have been cultured, particularly in the northern part of Australia, following the initial work of Saville-Kent.
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Baker J, Kenway M (1989). The Australian mariculture industry: Finfish, molluscs and crustaceans. Actes de colloques Ifremer, Tahiti, French Polynesia, 20 Feb - 4 Mar 1989, n°9, chap. 2, pp.11-30. https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00000/1499/