6.2 REMOTE SETTING

The technique by which eyed larvae are supplied by hatcheries to farmers who set and grow them on the Pacific coast of North America is described here. This is a special case and its use is commercially confined to the Pacific oyster, Crassostrea gigas, although it is equally as applicable to other oyster species in other parts of the world.

 

 

6.2.1. Background

6.2.2. Preparing larvae for shipment

6.2.3. Preparations at the remote site

6.2.4. Receiving the eyed larvae

6.2.5. Setting the larvae and growing the spat