Open sea raft culture of green mussel at Calicut

Kuriakose, P S (1980) Open sea raft culture of green mussel at Calicut. CMFRI Bulletin, 29. pp. 33-38.

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    Abstract

    Employing coir ropes of 5-8 m length, suspended from 6 X 5 m and 8 x 8 m teak wood rafts anchord in the open sea off Calicut at depths 8-10 m, transplanted green mussel seed (20-30 mm size) show a fast growth ranging from 10.6 mm to 13.5 ram per month reaching harvestable size of 80 mm in 5 months. A production range of 4.4 kg to 12.3 kg per metre length of rope has been achieved. Meat content ranges from 34.82-40.5 %,

    Item Type: Article
    Uncontrolled Keywords: raft culture; green mussel; Calicut
    Subjects: Molluscan Fisheries > Mussel culture
    Divisions: CMFRI-Kochi > Mariculture Division
    Subject Area > CMFRI > CMFRI-Kochi > Mariculture Division
    CMFRI-Kochi > Mariculture Division
    Subject Area > CMFRI-Kochi > Mariculture Division
    Depositing User: Users 5 not found.
    Date Deposited: 31 May 2010 12:01
    Last Modified: 09 Sep 2015 15:08
    URI: http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/id/eprint/714

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