The History of Oyster Farming in Australia

• Main Author: Nell, John A.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2001
• Subjects: Aquaculture; Biology; Ecology; Fisheries; Pacific; Port Stephens; Queensland; Crassostrea gigas; Pacific oyster
• Online Access: http://aquaticcommons.org/9751/; http://spo.nwr.noaa.gov/mfr633/mfr6333.pdf; http://aquaticcommons.org/9751/1/mfr6333.pdf

Aboriginal Australians consumed oysters before settlement by Europeans as shown by the large number of kitchen middens along Australia's coast. Flat oysters, Ostrea angasi, were consumed in southeastern Australia, whereas both flat and Sydney rock oysters, Saccostrea glomerata, are found in kit...