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Modified Taylor Float System For Culturing Oysters In The Gambia, Michael A. Rice
Modified Taylor Float System For Culturing Oysters In The Gambia, Michael A. Rice
Michael A Rice
This monograph is a report of trials to grow oysters, Crassostrea tulipa, in Taylor Float plastic mesh culture bags in oyster harvesting sites in Gambia, West Africa. Oysters grew well in the gear, but adoption of the gear by local oyster farmers would be difficult due to the relatively high cost of the gear in relation to the value of oysters cultured within. Economic analysis suggested an eight-year investment payback to recover costs of the gear.
Transient Gear Shellfish Aquaculture, Michael A. Rice, Robert B. Rheault Jr
Transient Gear Shellfish Aquaculture, Michael A. Rice, Robert B. Rheault Jr
Michael A Rice
Transient-gear aquaculture is a method of growing shellfish that is designed to minimize multiple-use conflicts in common use public trust waters, and avoiding the need for a conventional fixed aquaculture lease site. A pro-forma economic model of an oyster farm using transient gear in Rhode Island's Narragansett Bay is provided, and the advantages and disadvantages of transient gear aquaculture are discussed.