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Prospects for Oyster Culture in Kerala Backwaters

P S B R James, K A Narasimham

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The oysters are highly esteemed sea foods in Japan, U.S.A. and Europe. It is stated that as early as the first century B.C., the Romans practised simple method of oyster culture by collecting oyster seed and growing them for food. In the world aquaculture production of 1,53,22,703 t in 1990, the molluscs accounted for 29,65.265 t forming 19.35%.

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The oysters are highly esteemed sea foods in Japan, U.S.A. and Europe. It is stated that as early as the first century B.C., the Romans practised simple method of oyster culture by collecting oyster seed and growing them for food. In the world aquaculture production of 1,53,22,703 t in 1990, the molluscs accounted for 29,65.265 t forming 19.35%.

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The oysters are highly esteemed sea foods in Japan, U.S.A. and Europe. It is stated that as early as the first century B.C., the Romans practised simple method of oyster culture by collecting oyster seed and growing them for food. In the world aquaculture production of 1,53,22,703 t in 1990, the molluscs accounted for 29,65.265 t forming 19.35%.

Key concepts: Oyster, Aquaculture, Fishery, Shellfish, Geography, Fish <Actinopterygii>, Biology, Aquatic animal

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