The potential of integrated open-water mussel (Mytilus planulatus) and Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) culture in North West Bay, Tasmania ...

• Main Author: Cheshuk, BW
• Format: Thesis
• Language: unknown
• Published: University Of Tasmania 2023
• Subjects: West Bay; Atlantic salmon; Salmo salar
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.25959/23235782.v1; https://figshare.utas.edu.au/articles/thesis/The_potential_of_integrated_open-water_mussel_Mytilus_planulatus_and_Atlantic_salmon_Salmo_salar_culture_in_North_West_Bay_Tasmania/23235782/1

Tasmanian blue mussels (Mytilus planulatus) were cultured at four sites in the vicinity of an Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) farm in North West Bay, Tasmania. The main objective of the study was to evaluate the potential of integrating mussel and salmon culture within a common multi-species marine farm. Filter-feeding bivalves cultured near open fish cages might obtain additional food supplies directly from particulate wastes (excess fish feed and faeces) and indirectly from enhanced phytoplankton production stimulated by dissolved nutrient wastes. Potential benefits of such integration include enhanced bivalve growth, increased productivity of a coastal marine fish farm, and reduced fish farm waste loadings and their associated environmental impacts. Mussels were cultured for fourteen months, suspended from four longlines positioned at increasing distances (70, 100, 500 and 1200 meters) from the Aquatas Pty. Ltd. salmon farm in North West Bay. Mussels were monitored monthly for various growth and biochemical ...