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Article: Preface.(oyster fisheries)(Editorial)
- Article from:
- Journal of Shellfish Research
- Article date:
- May 1, 2008
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The collapse of the fishery for native oysters (Crassostrea virginica) in Chesapeake Bay, USA has fueled interest in the introduction of an exotic species to revitalize a fishery and, more recently, recover lost ecosystem services. Beginning in the early 1990's, the seafood industry within the region began to request research that would identify candidate oyster species which might survive within Chesapeake Bay. Early experiments with triploid C. gigas indicated that this species performed poorly within the lower salinity regions of the Bay. Subsequent experiments with triploid C. ariakensis suggested that it might survive and grow well throughout a wide range of salinity ...
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