SAGB Pacific Oyster Project
The SAGB has commissioned a project to obtain a balanced assessment of issues concerned
with the cultivation of Pacific Oysters (PO) Crassostrea gigas in the UK. In particular we are
interested in all information associated with the Pacific Oyster including the value of
cultivation/harvesting and point of view from those for whom the Pacific Oyster represents part
or all of their family income.
The report is being prepared by Bournemouth University and they would value your assistance
in responding to this questionnaire. The project has a steering group of industry members and
regulators.
Many thanks for your assistance.
1. Which port do you operate from ?
2. Do you cultivate PO’s or fish wild PO’s or both or neither?
3. What and where are your markets?
4. If you cultivate a range of species or have other enterprises, about what proportion of
your income would you estimate is attributable to PO cultivation?
5. Are there any benefits from PO cultivation apart from food production?
6. Have you observed any wild settlement of PO’s in your locality? If so, are there any
procedures in place to manage PO settlement?
7. Do you have any observations of ‘recreational harvesting (hand-collecting)’ of wild
Pacific Oyster in your locality?
8. Do you consider that there are any benefits arising from wild settlement and reefs of
PO?
9. Do you have any local observations of interactions between PO adult or spat and other
marine species? e.g. predation by crabs and birds. What other species are found with PO’s?
10. Have you observed any large-scale mortality of cultivated PO’s?
11. What are your views on use of Triploid oysters?
12. Is there anything else you would like to tell us from your knowledge of or opinions on the
PO industry? For example, what challenges have you experienced with regards to the legal
status of the species?
It would be useful to have your contact details written below. Otherwise an anonymous
response is also useful to us
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