Oyster Culture

The oyster trade worldwide is of huge commercial importance, andthe demand for high quality oysters is rising all the time. Withwild stocks depleted, the ever-increasing multi-million dollaroyster farming industry is serving this demand.

Oyster Culture is a thorough review of the subject, providing a huge wealth of practical and commercially vitalinformation of importance to all those involved in this expandingindustry.

Based on a lifetime's work in the industry, George Matthiessenhas written a much-needed and comprehensive book covering all majoraspects of the subject. The book covers the biology, distribution, husbandry and disease of cultured oysters and looks in detail atrecent developments in oyster culture as well as considering thelimits to oyster production. Separate chapters deal in detail witha) oyster culture in the Far East, the Indo-Pacific Region, WesternEurope, North America and tropical areas and b) a history ofproduction methods by a New England-based oyster company.

This important book will be a vital tool and reference work forall those involved in the culture of oysters, including oyster farmmanagers and workers
biologists working on oysters and otherbivalve shellfish and invertebrates
regulatory personnel and allthose serving the industry, including personnel in aquacultureequipment and feed companies. Copies of the book should also beavailable in libraries of universities, research establishments andgovernment laboratories where aquaculture is studied or taught.

George C. Matthiessen PhD, has for 30 years been President ofOcean Pond Corporation, Fishers Island, New York, U.S.A.