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EXPERIMENTS on the breeding of oysters in large concrete tanks have been in progress at Conway, North Wales, since 1919. The ultimate aim of the work has been to provide a simple and efficient means of procuring the settlement of large crops of oysters in tanks, in the belief that such a method would prove of value to the oyster growers in replenishing their stocks. Mr. Cole has already explained his methods in two previous papers: “Experiments in the Breeding of Oysters (Ostrea edulis) in Tanks, with Special Reference to the Food of the Larva and the Spat” (Fishery Investigations, Series II, 15, No. 4, 1936) and “A System of Oyster Culture” (J. du Conseil, 13, No. 2, 1938). It is now believed that this aim has been realized and that spatfalls of commercial magnitude may be obtained regularly in the Conway tanks.
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The Breeding of Oysters*. Nature 144, 642–643 (1939). https://doi.org/10.1038/144642b0
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