A method of culturing/ growing high-quality edible oysters (Crassostrea spp. and Magallana bilineata)

Abstract

This utility model discloses a process of culturing/ growing high-quality edible oysters (<i>Crassostrea</i> spp. and <i>Magallana bilineata</i>) comprising the steps: selecting grow-out culture sites, deploying substrates for competent larvae of oysters to settle and grow, making oyster pouches while waiting for the availability of oyster spat, harvesting and stocking the oyster spat in the said pouches, hanging the pouches from rafts, and harvesting the oysters when they attain at least 80 grams of body weight. Traditional processes of producing edible oysters allow them to grow on top of each other, producing clumped oysters of varying sizes. This utility model produces larger, individual oysters of almost uniform sizes with harvest size attainable at a shorter period compared to those oysters cultured using traditional methods.