Rearing Venus clam seeds, Cyclina sinensis (Gmelin), on a commercial scale

Wenshan Liu, Yuehua Ma, Shouyi Hu, Guihua Miao, Jinghui Li-2002

Aquaculture, 211(1-4): 109-114
Abstract:

This paper describes the culture of Venus clam larvae, Cyclina sinensis (Gmelin), to metamorphosis and the first successful case of rearing Venus clam seeds on a commercial scale and at high density. Performances of broodstock, eggs and larvae were examined. Metamorphosed larvae (seeds) produced were 2.3×10⁸ in a rearing tank of 31.8 m² in base at the end of the experiment, with a mean shell length×shell height of 259.6×242.0 µm, giving a production of 7.23×10⁶ seeds/m².

(Marine Fisheries Development Center of Liaoning Province, No. 6 Hutan Street, Dalian, Liaoning, 116015, People's Republic of China, Fax (Australia): +61-2-67735011, e-mail: wliu3@pobox.une.edu.au)

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