Pacific Oyster Culture in British Columbia, Issue 218The anatomy of C. gigas is described in some detail as well as the reproductive process. Collection of seed, particularly in Pendrell Sound is described in some detail. Methods of culture include intertidal and subtidal bottom culture, suspended string, stake, tray, and both suspended and intertidal stick culture. Harvesting, processing, and storage methods are described. The problems of Pacific oyster culture include industrial and sewage pollution, paralytic shellfish poisoning along with predators and disease. How these may be dealt with is discussed. Administrative aspects of this industry are reviewed. |
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INTERTIDAL Bottom Culture | 119 |
SUBTIDAL BOTTOM CULTURE | 131 |
HARVESTING | 143 |
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adductor muscle average Barkley Sound barnacle bottom culture Boundary Bay breeding British Columbia coast British Columbia Oyster cause clusters coast commercial competition for space condition factor Crassostrea cultch culture oysters diameter eelgrass Fisheries float fouling organisms gills glycogen growth rate harvesting Inlet intertidal Island Japanese seed Ladysmith Harbour larvae lease length litres long line mantle measure method molluscs mussels normally number of oysters number of spat occur oyster beds oyster culture oyster ground oyster growers Pacific oyster paralytic shellfish poisoning Pendrell Sound period plankton planting pollution possible predators problem production purification Queen's Cove racks raft culture salinity sea stars shell cultch shell strings shipworm spat count spat per shell spatfall spawning species stick culture storage Strait of Georgia string culture summer surface survival suspended culture Table tidal tide levels toxic tubes unbroken seed usually valve volume wave action weight wire