| The oysters culture in France is based on a natural spatfall, collected on cultches in setting areas. The collectors are then transfered on intertidal parcs for development during 1.5 to 3 years. The subsequent ongrowing stage is performed after separating the oysters and putting them in bags or by off-bottom cultivation. In order to improve the stock turnover and to improve the rearing conditions for the juveniles, experiments were performed to define optimal conditions for remote setting. After considering the previous studies a standard density of 2 000 larvae per cultch (plastic pipe) was selected. This corresponded to an average, theoretical density of 2.3 larvae.cm-2. The resulting density, at the end of the growing stage should average 25 kg of... |
