AA, Aquaculture Asia (1999) Culture of the true giant clam for conservation in the Philippines. Aquaculture Asia, Vol.4 (1). p. 39. ISSN 0859-600 X
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Tridacna gigas, the true giant clam, once abundant in the Philippine seas, was rendered virtually extinct by unregulated and illegal harvesting activities of commercial fishermen and poaches. Today, through mariculture and perseverance, the species may yet be reestablished using cultured giant clam seed from imported cultured stocks. Two cm juveniles of T. gigas spawned in October 1985 were imported from Australia in 1987, reared in wooden raceways, then transferred to the ocean nursery, where they exhibited growth rates of 8 cm per year. tridacnids are generally protandric hermaphrodites, developing male gametes first, followed by development of female gametes.
| Item Type: | Articles |
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| Keywords: | Philippines, Conservation, Mussel, Aquaculture, Juveniles, Imports, Australia, Spawning, Larvae |
| Subjects: | Aquaculture |
| Depositing User: | Varsha V icsf |
| Date Deposited: | 12 May 2022 11:08 |
| Last Modified: | 12 May 2022 11:08 |
| URI: | http://icsfarchives.net/id/eprint/13704 |
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