Village giant clam farming in Western Samoa

Bell LA. 1995. Village giant clam farming in Western Samoa. Pages 215-282. In Friend K (ed): Present and future of aquaculture research development in the Pacific Island countries. Tonga. November 20-24, 1995. Ministry of Fisheries

The giant clam farming project had high mortality and slow growth in first farm; second had better growth and lower mortality; mortality primarily due to predatory snails indicating poor management; need more education.

Type

Conference Proceeding Paper

Authors

Bell, Lui

Units

NPSA , PACN

Keywords

Aquaculture, Fisheries Management, Giant clam, snail (Cymatium muricinum), Tridacna, Western Samoa

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