Document Type
Report
Department/Program
Virginia Institute of Marine Science
VIMS Department/Program
Marine Advisory Program (MAP)
Publication Date
2001
Series
Fishery Resource Grant FRG 1999-37
Abstract
Seed from Northern and Southern (hereafter called local) hatcheries was procured in May 2000. Oysters delivered by the Northern hatchery were on time and of the desired size ~3mm). Seed from the local hatchery, however, arrived several days later and were too small to go into field nursery containers and were subsequently held in upwellers and then transferred to the field nursery gear. Figure 1 shows growth as measured by mean shell height (mm) for both strains. Note that the local seed took N20 days longer to reach grow-out size (indicated by first sieve).
Keywords
Oyster aquaculture
Recommended Citation
Merritt, J., & Ross, P. G. (2001) Comparative Study of Seed from Northern and Southern Hatcheries. Fishery Resource Grant FRG 1999-37. Virginia Institute of Marine Science, William & Mary. https://scholarworks.wm.edu/reports/2217
