EVALUATION OF NATURAL POTENTIAL OF THE AREAS IN PETER THE GREAT BAY (JAPAN SEA) FOR COLLECTING OF OYSTER SPAT
Journal: Izvestiya TINRO
Year: 2019

Pacific oyster Crassostrea gigas (Thunberg, 1793) is a prospective species for aquaculture in Primorye. Marine farms demand the oyster spat for commercial growing. Abilities of the natural spat collecting are evaluated for 8 areas of Peter the Great Bay with the oyster settlements using the data of plankton surveys conducted in the period from 2001 to 2017. Dense concentrations of the oyster larvae suitable for the spat collecting were found in the following areas: i) the northern Amur Bay (dept