PROSPECTS OF MUSSEL CULTURE IN AN ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT
2011
Rengarajan, K
Mussel cuttnre 1'8 the most import.ant form of saltwater aquacW.tu.re andis unique among aquacu1itural practices as tt prodluces a staple food rather thana lUXury ttem{B'wach et. aI., 1972). Spain is the leading nation in musselculture producing about 300,000 kglha of dramoo meat .in a·~. In, India,Qasim and Achari (1972) have caaied out preIiminary expe.rimenltson musselculture Il't Vizlhinjam and obtained a: yield of ahout 200 tons per hectare peeyear. JOOO8 and Alwgarswam,iJ (1973) have given a gener.ail.'picture of the musselfishery resources of Indla. The potential resources for mussels are very highand w~tJh suiItable methods of cuiture the produCition could be increased 0011-sidembly (Qa's:im 1975)
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