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Aquaculture Gear Type Affects Growth of Eastern Oysters and Other Aquatic Species
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2023
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Source: World Aquaculture Magazine, 54(4)
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Journal Title:World Aquaculture Magazine
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Description:In contrast to historical, terrestrial farming operations, where we have focused on how to minimize negative impacts on the environment while optimizing crop yields first, oyster aquaculture can generate positive economic and ecological responses simultaneously, through water filtration, nutrient sequestration, and habitat creation though the magnitude to which these functions occur still requires further investigation. Eastern oysters (Crassostrea virginica) have been an important resource for communities along the east coast of the United States for centuries. Unfortunately, oyster populations have been greatly reduced in many places, with disease outbreaks (MSX and Dermo), water quality impairment, and overharvest often cited as drivers of modern population decline. The ability of oysters to thrive in many waterways along the U.S. east coast, including in estuaries of the Mid-Atlantic bight, has been further limited by chronic eutrophication from nutrient pollution and low spawning stock biomass. Following declines in wild oyster stocks, oyster gardening programs, artificial oyster reefs, and commercia oyster aquaculture operations have been established along the U.S. east coast, and specifically in Delaware, with goals of restoration and commercial crop production.
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Source:World Aquaculture Magazine, 54(4)
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