"Modified Taylor Float System for Culturing Oysters in The Gambia" by Michael A Rice

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Modified Taylor Float System for Culturing Oysters in The Gambia

For the Gambia - Senegal Sustainable Fisheries Project (USAID/BaNafaa), Coastal Resources Center, University of Rhode Island (2013)

Michael A Rice, University of Rhode Island

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Abstract

This monograph is a report of trials to grow oysters, Crassostrea tulipa, in Taylor Float plastic mesh culture bags in oyster harvesting sites in Gambia, West Africa. Oysters grew well in the gear, but adoption of the gear by local oyster farmers would be difficult due to the relatively high cost of the gear in relation to the value of oysters cultured within. Economic analysis suggested an eight-year investment payback to recover costs of the gear.

Keywords

aquaculture gear,
oyster culture,
Taylor Float,
Gambia

Disciplines

Aquaculture and Fisheries

Publication Date

January, 2013

Citation Information

Michael A Rice. "Modified Taylor Float System for Culturing Oysters in The Gambia" For the Gambia - Senegal Sustainable Fisheries Project (USAID/BaNafaa), Coastal Resources Center, University of Rhode Island (2013)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/michael_rice/45/