Project number:
1987-082
Project Status:
Completed
Budget expenditure:
$0.00
Organisation:
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) WA
Project start/end date:
29 Dec 1988
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29 Jun 1989
Contact:
FRDC
1. Develop appropriate techniques for enhancing gonad development of broodstock.
2. Optimise growth and survival of larvae and newly settled spat. Evaluate practicality of different equipment and develop appropriate protocol for nursery culture
Final report
Author:
Robert A Rose
Final Report
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2017-09-29
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14.16 MB
1987-082-DLD.pdf
The Western Australian Pearling Industry is totally reliant on
quotas of wild stock silver- or goldlip pearl oysters,
Pinctada maxima. Any sustainable expansion of the Industry is
unlikely to occur unless hatchery-propagated oysters become
available as an alternative source to wild stock. This
project sought to establish the broodstock, larval and nursery
phases of culture of P. maxima for the purpose of mass
production of spat.
quotas of wild stock silver- or goldlip pearl oysters,
Pinctada maxima. Any sustainable expansion of the Industry is
unlikely to occur unless hatchery-propagated oysters become
available as an alternative source to wild stock. This
project sought to establish the broodstock, larval and nursery
phases of culture of P. maxima for the purpose of mass
production of spat.
