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The breeding of oysters in tanks

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2009

Edward Hughes
Edward Hughes
Affiliation:
(M.O.H. Dover, late Deputy M.O.H. City and Port of Plymouth)
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The following paper is a record of certain work which was carried out at the River Yealm during 1939. No claim is made for original work, but it may serve some useful purpose as a record.

Oysters from die River Yealm have been used in most of the experimental work carried out on the breeding of oysters at Conway. But, for some unknown reason, there has never been any relevant growth of native oysters in the Yealm. The beds are stocked every year with three-year-old Brittany oysters. These oysters thrive well in the Yealm and are of considerable commercial value.

Certain old tanks at the Fisheries have been altered and repaired for the purpose of cleansing prior to their despatch to die London market. These tanks are in use for this purpose approximately from the end of August until die beginning of May. Therefore they are unused for approximately four mondis during die breeding season.

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Research Article
Information
Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 24 , Issue 2 , August 1940 , pp. 543 - 547
Copyright
Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 1940

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