| The maintenance of bivalve commercialisation du ring periods when sales are prohibited represents a major economic issue for shellfish-farming. To ensure their survival and to preserve the oyster Crassostrea gigas quality, their storage in land-based systems has been studied i) out of water in a cold room at 3°C with controlled humidity, enabling the bivalve sensory quality to be retained for 15 days, and ii) in recirculating systems in immersed conditions for 30 days. For the latter, the oysters were stored at 167 kg.m3 density in a tank equipped with an air-lift system, with water treated with UV and thermoregulated. A minimum of food was supplied to avoid mass tissue loss. A temperature of 16°C was defined as optimal to limit mortality and to avoid... |
