Aquaculture Foundation of India & The Fisheries Technocrats Forum
Abstract
THE molluscs are an important group of
shellfish and are exploited along the Indian
coasts. Their meat is used as food; the shell
is an important raw material in lime based
industries and also in making curios. In
temperature countries culture of molluscs such
as oystelS, clams, mussels scallops and abalones
is widely practised to augment production. In
India, technologies for fanning several species
of molluscs have been developed during the
past two decades, mainly due to the efforts at
the Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute
(CMFRl)