Shellfish farmers make their production decisions in an environment characterized by multiple
uncertainty. As shellfish farming is done in an open area, producers face a large number of risks:
e.g. biological, environmental, pollution or climatic risks. Historically, this sector has been
affected by several crisis; the last ones were the...
As climate change awareness grows, embedded carbon has become an issue for affluent first world seafood consumers concerned with environmental sustainability. Diminishing wild fish stocks and rising fuel costs mean capture fisheries are becoming less attractive sources of product for seafood marketers with investment in brands. In the light of...
The management of the French shellfish industry has been based for a century and a half on a Territorial Use Right in Fisheries (TURF) scheme. This was meant to ensure control over access and use and was seen as a potential remedy for overexploitation. But the resource, i.e. shellfish nutrients,...
The access regulation within the shellfish farming sector in France is based on a co-management system relying on both a national legislation, defining the general access conditions to maritime public grounds, and regional regulation systems, called “Regional Structural Schemes”. The latter specify the farming rules in cooperation with the administration,...
The rapid growth in aquaculture production over the last three decades has been one of the fruits of globalisation, as tropical countries have exploited their comparative advantage in the production of high value crops like penaeid shrimp. However, aquaculture is heavily concentrated in coastal areas and it has generated important...
This paper is record of early work in oyster culture in the west coast oyster industry. It summarizes operations for a year of running the OSU pilot oyster hatchery, and subsequent recommendations for its continued large-scale production of oysters.
This is a brief, systematic look at problems relating to oyster farming on public lands that had built up in the Oregon Revised Statutes by 1968, with recommendations for resolving the issues. "There are a number of other provisions in the commercial fishing laws relating to oysters and regulation of...
The direction of my Marine Resource Management program has been to
develop an expertise in a particular area of aquaculture, complemented by
a general knowledge of oceanographic principles. Specifically, my area of
interest is the culture of marine bivalve molluscs. Prior to entering the
MRM program, I had worked with...
Best available copy. Originally published as part of Shellfish investigation progress report no. 4. “In the spring of 1947, importation of Pacific oyster seed from Japan was resumed for the first time since before the war. Major plantings of this seed were made in Tillamook and Coos Bay with additional...