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Scallop Farming - second edition
David Hardy
Blackwell
July 2006
Hardback 328 pp., 187 illus. ISBN 9781405113632
£78.00
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The scallop farming industry continues to expand, providing an important global source of food and revenue.
In recent decades over-fishing has caused a decline in wild stocks and as consumer demand increases, the
opportunities for new and existing scallop farming ventures are greater than ever before.
In this important new edition, experienced scallop farmer David Hardy offers the reader:
- Practically oriented advice
- Key information for running a successful farming operation
Scallop Farming, 2e is an essential tool for all those working in the scallop farming industry and will be
an important source of reference for equipment manufacturers and suppliers, traders and policy makers,
environmental and marine scientists and universities and research establishments where these areas are
studied and taught.
Contents
Section 1 General information
Chapter 1 A bit of background information about the species
Chapter 2 The farm environment and its microscopic inhabitants
Chapter 3 Scallop biology and ecology
Section 2 Hands on
Chapter 4 Choosing a site
Chapter 5 Collecting spat
Chapter 6 Getting underway
Chapter 7 Methods of cultivation
Chapter 8 Moorings
Chapter 9 Design and manufacture of equipment
Chapter 10 Diving work
Section 3 Getting down to business
Chapter 11 To collect or not to collect
Chapter 12 Farming logistics
Chapter 13 The business of farming
Chapter 14 More strings to our bow
Chapter 15 Marketing, handling and processing
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