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Seasonal changes in meat yield of cultivated blue mussels (Mytilus edulis L.) / by Ginette Robert.Fs97-4/1609E-PDF

"Seasonal changes in meat yield were studied in cultivated blue mussels (Mytilus edulis) from a suspended culture system in a shallow (5 m) location in Malpeque Bay, P.E.I. Changes were observed through different types of condition indices Maximum values, nearly 2 times greater than the minimum values were reached just prior to spawning. After a rapid decrease during spawning, condition gradually improved during summer and fall before falling to low 'winter' levels. Seasonal changes in meat yield are important factors to two aspects of mussel cultivation, spat collection and harvest optimisation. In 1980 there was one spawning period at the experimental site, during June. Condition was highest during the latter part of the summer and early fall"--Abstract, page iv.

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Department/Agency
  • Canada. Department of Fisheries and Oceans, issuing body.
  • Canada. Department of Fisheries and Oceans. Maritimes Region. Invertebrates and Marine Plants Division, issuing body.
TitleSeasonal changes in meat yield of cultivated blue mussels (Mytilus edulis L.) / by Ginette Robert.
Series title
  • Canadian manuscript report of fisheries and aquatic sciences, 0706-6473 ; 1609
Publication typeMonograph - View Master Record
Language[English]
FormatDigital text
Electronic document
Note(s)
  • Digitized edition from print [produced by Department of Fisheries and Oceans].
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 7-8).
  • Includes abstracts in English and French.
Publishing information
  • Halifax, Nova Scotia : Fisheries & Oceans Canada, Resource Branch, Invertebrates & Marine Plants Division, April 1981.
  • ©1981
Author / Contributor
  • Robert, G. (Ginette)author.
Description1 online resource (iv, 8 pages, 2 unnumbered pages) : illustrations, map.
Catalogue number
  • Fs97-4/1609E-PDF
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