December 18, 2024

Low-Tech Seawater Treatment for Hatcheries—Economical, Effective, and Safe

Among the greatest risks of failure threatening shellfish hatcheries is the danger posed by outbreaks of pathogens, especially Vibrio bacteria and Oyster Herpesviruses, either of which can cause devastating losses during culture of larvae and...

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December 18, 2024

The Case for Concentrates

Bivalve aquaculture production is more dependent on high quality microalgae than any other aquaculture sector. Because bivalves filter-feed almost exclusively on microalgae, the quantity and quality of available microalgae is critical at every life stage,...

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December 18, 2024

Care and Feeding of Bivalve Broodstock

Bivalve aquaculture is increasingly dependent on hatchery production of spat. Environmental disturbances (pollution, ocean acidification, climate change, harmful algae blooms, disease outbreaks) are reducing the reliability of natural spat collection, while the demand for spat...

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December 18, 2024

Microalgae Concentrates Can Overcome the Algae Bottleneck to Increase Yield and Improve Reliability of Bivalve Production

Bivalve aquaculture production is more dependent on high quality microalgae than any other aquaculture sector.  Because bivalves filter-feed almost exclusively on microalgae, the quantity and quality of available microalgae is critical at every life stage,...

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