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Queen conch (Strombus gigas) culture techniques forresearch, stock enhancement and growout markets
| Title: | Queen conch (Strombus gigas) culture techniques forresearch, stock enhancement and growout markets. |
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| Name(s): | Davis, Megan | |
| Type of Resource: | text | |
| Genre: | Article | |
| Date Issued: | 2000 | |
| Publisher: | Science Publishers. | |
| Place of Publication: | Enfield, NH | |
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| Extent: | 35 p. | |
| Language(s): | English | |
| Identifier: | FA00007152 (IID) | |
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The large gastropod Strombus gigas (queen conch) inhabits the shallow
seagrass beds of Florida, the Bahamas, the Caribbean Islands, Bermuda
and the coast of Central and South America (Randall 1964). Since the
1970's the queen conch has been an important fisheries species in the
Caribbean region. The fisheries has grown considerable in the past 20
years; the landings for conch are estimated at 6,000 metric tonnes with a
potential value of 60 million dollars US (Chakalall and Cochrane 1997).
Overfishing of this species in many countries has necessitated the need
for management regulations. Florida Atlantic University. Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute contribution 1288 This manuscript is an author version with the final publication available and may be cited as: Davis, M. (2000). Queen conch (Strombus gigas) culture techniques for research, stock enhancement and growout markets. In M. Fingerman & R. Nagabhushanam (Eds.), Recent advances in marine biotechnology, Volume 4: Aquaculture. Part A: Seaweeds and invertebrates (pp. 127-159). Enfield, NH: Science Publishers. |
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| Subject(s): |
Queen conch Strombus gigas Aquaculture Culture technique |
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| Persistent Link to This Record: | http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00007152 | |
| Host Institution: | FAU |
