A review of the fishery biology of scallops
By: Madelon Green Mottet.
Contributors: Sakai, Kazuo.; Hirasawa, Yutaka, 1924-; Washington (State). Shellfish Program.; United States. National Marine Fisheries Service.
Publisher: State of Washington, Dept. of Fisheries, Shellfish Program
Published: 1979
Place of publication: [Olympia]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 292
Subjects: Scallop fisheries.; Scallop fisheries -- Japan -- Mutsu Bay.; Scallop culture.; Scallop culture -- Japan.; Scallops.
Notes: Cover title.

At head of title: Completion report.

"June 1979."

"This report was financed in cooperation with the Department of Commerce, NOAA, National Marine Fisheries Service, under the Commercial Fisheries Research and Development Act, PL 88-309, and project no. 1-125-R."

Includes bibliographical references (p. 67-97).

Sections II and III translated from Japanese by Madelon Mottet.  Some of the original texts are included following the translations.
Table of contents: value: section I. A review of the fishery biology and culture of scallops; value: section 2. Scallop culture in Japan / by Kazuo Sakai; value: section III. The rapid increase in the scallop fishery of Mutsu Bay and the future management of the fishing grounds / by Yutaka Hirasawa.