GROWTH AND SURVIVAL OF THE BLUE ABALONE HALIOTIS-FULGENS IN BARRELS AT CEDROS-ISLAND, BAJA-CALIFORNIA, WITH A REVIEW OF ABALONE BARREL CULTURE

Authors
AVILES JGG SHEPHERD SA
Citation
Jgg. Aviles et Sa. Shepherd, GROWTH AND SURVIVAL OF THE BLUE ABALONE HALIOTIS-FULGENS IN BARRELS AT CEDROS-ISLAND, BAJA-CALIFORNIA, WITH A REVIEW OF ABALONE BARREL CULTURE, Aquaculture, 140(1-2), 1996, pp. 169-176
Citations number
18
Categorie Soggetti
Fisheries,"Marine & Freshwater Biology
Journal title
Aquaculture → ACNP
ISSN journal
00448486
Volume
140
Issue
1-2
Year of publication
1996
Pages
169 - 176
Database
ISI
SICI code
0044-8486(1996)140:1-2<169:GASOTB>2.0.ZU;2-7
Abstract
The growth and survival of the blue abalone Haliotis fulgens was follo wed for 11 months in barrel culture in the sea at Cedros Island, Baja California. The mean growth rate was 49.4 mu m day(-1) for individuals whose initial mean lengths were 12-15 mm at the ages of 6-7.6 months. The abalone were fed Macrocystis pyrifera and Eisenia arborea and oth er algae as available. Mean survival was 87%. Growth rates are compare d with those in barrel culture elsewhere in the world.