| The monitoring network IFREMER /REMORA is assessing, on a yearly basis, mortality, growth and quality criteria of two oyster batches ("juveniles" = one-year old ; and "adults" = two-years old), distributed among various stations of the main French oyster areas. Samplings are carried out in February, June, September and December (late November in 1999). This network is a tool for trend estimations (geographic and chronological, on the national scale) ; it must not be considered as an accurate estimation of professional oyster ongrowings. Based on REMORA results, generally tallied with professional observations, and with comparison to previous years, 1999 exhibited mortality in adults (23%) and poor growth in both adults (63.0 g in late November) and... |
