Location
COOK ISLANDS
Publisher
MMR
Publication Year:
1988
Publication Place
Rarotonga - Cook Islands
Physical Description:
8 p. ; 29 cm
Call Number
SIM
TRO
COO
Language
English
Record ID:
25318
Legacy PEIN ID:
65261
General Notes
Trochus introduced to Aitutaki have become well established with regular annual harvest. An affective management strategy for the fishery has been developed, in cooperation with the Aitutaki Island Council. The successful trochus trasplantation programme to the Northern Atoll Islands should be continued commercial development opportunities include marketing of the meat and opercula in South - East Asia, and expansion of the local handcrafts manufacturing industry, to increase the export value of the product.|Trochus section
Subject Heading(s)
Trochus densities recorded from Aitutaki are among the highest found anywhere in the Pacific Maximum densities of up to 60 individuals per hundred square metres have been recorded from the reef flat
Environment - Cook Islands
Trochus
Location
COOK ISLANDS
Publisher
MMR
Publication Year:
1988
Publication Place
Rarotonga - Cook Islands
Physical Description:
8 p. ; 29 cm
Call Number
SIM
TRO
COO
Language
English
Record ID:
25318
Legacy PEIN ID:
65261
General Notes
Trochus introduced to Aitutaki have become well established with regular annual harvest. An affective management strategy for the fishery has been developed, in cooperation with the Aitutaki Island Council. The successful trochus trasplantation programme to the Northern Atoll Islands should be continued commercial development opportunities include marketing of the meat and opercula in South - East Asia, and expansion of the local handcrafts manufacturing industry, to increase the export value of the product.|Trochus section
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Record Modified: 17-Dec-2020