Impacts of stock-enhancement strategies on Ostrea edulis in Strangford Lough

A 1998 study estimated the stocks of oysters in Strangford Lough to be 100,000. In 2002 the estimated population was 1 million. Stock's peaked in 2003 at 1.2 million. By 2004 there had been a decline of>300,000 oysters. This decline left an estimated 600,000 in 2005. The decline appears to b...

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Main Author: Smyth, David Mark
Published: Queen's University Belfast 2008
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.486199