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| Fox, Michaela; Christley, Robert; Lupo, Coralie; Moore, Heather; Service, Matt; Campbell, Katrina. |
| Shellfish production forms a large proportion of marine aquaculture production in Northern Ireland (NI). Diseases represent a serious threat to the maintenance and growth of shellfish cultivation with severe consequences to production output and profitability. In Northern Ireland, production generally benefits from a good health status with the absence of notifiable diseases, except for localised cases of Bonamia ostreae, Marteilia refringens and ostreid herpes virus. In this paper, we qualitatively explore that the prevalence, risk, impact, mitigation and experience shellfish farmers in this region have in relation to disease. Sixteen semi-structured interviews were conducted with stakeholders within the sector. The interviews were transcribed verbatim,... |
| Tipo: Text |
Palavras-chave: Aquaculture; Bivalve mollusc; Disease; Farmer's perspective; Qualitative. |
| Ano: 2020 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00644/75636/76499.pdf |
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