Climatic Accelerating Maturing System

Details

• Personal Author:
  Dutt, Elizabeth. ; Emerson, John.
• Corporate Authors:
  University of New Hampshire.
• NOAA Program & Office:
  Sea Grant ; OAR (Oceanic and Atmospheric Research)
• Sea Grant Program:
  NHU (New Hampshire Sea Grant)
• Description:
  Students investigated the feasibility of accelerating the growth rate of the hard clam, "Mercenaria mercenaria", through extension of its growing season by transporting clams to South Carolina following a single growing season in Massachusetts. Comparisons between grow-out confined to Massachusetts and grow-out that includes both Massachusetts and South Carolina locations were made. The extra growth did not allow the clams to be harvested a year earlier as originally expected, thus the costs of transportation resulted in a negative rate of return. If, however, growth over the winter months in South Carolina could be improved, true economic gains could be realized.
• Keywords:
  Clam Culture Northern Quahog Clam Culture Northern Quahog
• Series:
  UNHMP-​AR-​SG-​88-​6
• Sea Grant Document Number:
  NHU-T-88-004
• Document Type:
  Technical Report
• Rights Information:
  Public Domain
• Compliance:
  Library
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:43960403be285f778f7c62d9f2e40fd972c63526a2061bf1e63caf74ac4d6ecf
• Download URL:
  https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/42455/noaa_42455_DS1.pdf
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