Introduction into France of the Japanese oyster (Crassostrea gigas)

• Published in: ICES Journal of Marine Science
• Main Authors: Grizel, Henri, Héral, Maurice
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford University Press 1991
• Subjects: Mini-Symposium; 1988; British Columbia; Canada; Crassostrea gigas
• Online Access: http://icesjms.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/47/3/399; https://doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/47.3.399

The Japanese oyster ( Crassostrea gigas ) has been introduced in France on a large scale to replace cultivation of the Portuguese oyster ( Crassostrea angulata ), affected by a viral disease. The importation took place from 1971 to 1975, with broodstock coming from British Columbia (Canada) and spat...