Table of Contents

Preface.

Acknowledgements.

Introduction.

1. Salt Ponds.

2. Oyster Biology and Distribution.

3. Early Years.

4. Oyster Culture in the Far East.

5. Developments in Culture techniques.

6. Oyster Culture in the Indo-Pacific Region.

7. Artificial Upwelling.

8. Oyster Culture in Western Europe.

9. Working Around Disease.

10. Oyster Culture in North America.

11. Limits to Oyster Production.

12. Oyster Culture in Tropical Regions.

13. Conclusions.

References.

Index.

About the Author

George C. Matthiessen PhD, has for 30 years been President of Ocean Pond Corporation, Fishers Island, New York, U.S.A.