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Trochus References

 

 

 

(Note SPC = Secretariat of the Pacific Community)

Amos M.J. & Purcell S.W. (in review) 'Valuation of strategies for intermediate culture of Trochus niloticus (Gastropoda) in sea cages for restocking.' (Manuscript submitted to Aquaculture )

Colquhoun J.R. (2001) 'Habitat preferences of juvenile trochus in Western Australia: implications for stock enhancement and assessment.' SPC Trochus Information Bulletin 7: 14-20.

Castell, L.L. (1997) 'Population studies of juvenile Trochus niloticus on a reef flat on the north-eastern Queensland coast, Australia.' Marine and Freshwater Research 48: 211-217.

Crowe, T.P., Amos, M., Dwiono, P., Dobson, G. & Lee, C.L. (in prep). Trochus hatchery and reseeding techniques - a practical manual . ACIAR publication.

Daume, S. (in prep) Early life history of abalone (Haliotis rubra, Haliotis laevigata): Settlement and early growth . Fisheries Research Contract Report, Department of Fisheries, Perth, Western Australia.

Fulks, W. & Main, K.L. (Eds. 1991) 'Rotifer and microalgae culture system.' Proceedings of a U.S.-Asia Workshop , Honolulu, Hawaii, Jan. 28-31, 1991, 363 pp.

Heslinga, G.A. & Hillmann, A. (1981) 'Hatchery culture of the commercial top snail Trochus niloticus in Palau, Caroline Islands.' Aquaculture 22: 35-43.

Lee, C.L. (1997) 'ACIAR Trochus Reseeding Research Project: A simplified method of induced spawning in trochus.' SPC Trochus Information Bulletin 5: 37-39.

Lee, C.L. & Lynch, P.W. (Eds., 1997) 'Trochus : Status, hatchery and nutrition.' ACIAR proceedings 79. 185 p.

Maguire, G.B. (2001) Farming abalone . Aquaculture WA No. 7 . The Department of Fisheries, Western Australia (in press).

Nash, W.J. (1985) Aspects of the biology of Trochus niloticus and its fishery in the Great Barrier Reef region . Report to QDPI and GBRMPA. 210 pp.

Nash, W.J. (1993) 'Trochus' In: Wright, A. & Hill, L. (ed.) Nearshore marine resources of the South Pacific , pp 451-496.

Purcell, S.W. & Lee, C.L. (2001) 'Testing the efficacy of restocking trochus using broodstock transplantation and juvenile seeding - an ACIAR funded project.' SPC Trochus Information Bulletin 7: 3-8.

Purcell, S.W. (in review) 'Cultured vs wild juvenile trochus: disparate shell morphologies sends caution for seeding'. Manuscript submitted to SPC Trochus Information Bulletin .

Purcell, S.W. (submitted). 'A successful cage design for intermediate culture of trochus for restocking.' (Manuscript submitted for the SPC Trochus Information Bulletin ).

There are two important sources of information in newsletter format which are relevant to trochus culture and enhancement.The first is: SPC Trochus Information Bulletin which is available through http://www.spc.int/coastfish/ website

The second includes coverage of the use of these techniques in The Kimberley region of WA: KAAC Quarterly Newsletter , KAAC, PO Box 180, Broome WA 6725.

 

 

 

Informtation courtesy of the WA Department of Fisheries

 

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