Coastal Shellfish -- A Sustainable Resource : Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Shellfish Restoration, held in Cork, Ireland, 28 September-2 October 1999

Coastal populations of shellfish have been exploited by humans for millennia as an easily accessible source of fresh protein. Unfortunately, because the intertidal zone and the shallow coastal margins are so intertwined with man's activities, these shellfish stocks are now severely threatened around the world. Issues such as anthropogenic pollution, harmful algal blooms, overfishing, loss of habitat, and local stakeholder conflicts are all contributing to an alarming decline in the natural productivity of these regions. There have now been five International Conferences on Shellfish Restoration (ICSR) since 1996, which have focused the attention on transferring scientific knowledge into practical remedial and restorative actions for shellfish populations. This volume represents a selection of contributions from the third meeting in Cork, Ireland, 1999. It includes papers on lobsters, sea urchins, whelks, clams, mussels, and scallops, with a thematic emphasis on ranching, disease, environmental interactions, fisheries management, aquaculture, restoration, toxic algal blooms, and toxicity testing. Front Matter....Pages i-x Shellfish ranching in the UK....Pages 1-5 Bivalve enhancement and restoration strategies in Florida, U.S.A.....Pages 7-19 Recovery of intertidal mussel beds in the Waddensea: use of habitat maps in the management of the fishery....Pages 21-30 On the dynamics of the stocks of blue mussels ( Mytilus edulis L.) in the Danish Wadden Sea....Pages 31-43 The role of lobster ( Homarus spp.) hatcheries in ranching, restoration and remediation programmes....Pages 45-48 An historical overview of the Republic of Ireland’s lobster ( Homarus gammarus Linnaeus) fishery, with reference to European and North American ( Homarus americanus Milne Edwards) lobster landings....Pages 49-62 Searching for the early benthic phase (EBP) of the European lobster: a trans-European study of cobble fauna....Pages 63-72 Conflict between two inshore fisheries: for whelk ( Buccinum undatum ) and brown crab ( Cancer pagurus ), in the southwest Irish Sea....Pages 73-83 The commercial potential of the common sea urchin Echinus esculentus from the west coast of Scotland....Pages 85-94 Implications of temporal and spatial variability in Paracentrotus lividus populations to the associated commercial coastal fishery....Pages 95-102 The impact of scallop drags on sea urchin populations and benthos in the Bay of Fundy, Canada....Pages 103-114 Short-term impact of blue mussel dredging ( Mytilus edulis L.) on a benthic community....Pages 115-127 The effect of scallop dredging on Irish Sea benthos: experiments using a closed area....Pages 129-138 Growth statistics of an exploited razor clam ( Ensis siliqua ) bed at Gormanstown, Co Meath, Ireland....Pages 139-151 The influence of dredge design on the catch of Callista chione (Linnaeus, 1758)....Pages 153-167 Preliminary appraisal of an innovative hydraulic dredge with vibrating and sorting bottom on clam beds ( Chamelea gallina )....Pages 169-173 A preliminary study on the effects of oyster culturing structures on birds in a sheltered Irish estuary....Pages 175-180 Living with bonamiasis: Irish research since 1987....Pages 181-186 A satellite and field portrait of a Karenia mikimotoi bloom off the south coast of Ireland, August 1998....Pages 187-193 The assessing of Pacific oyster ( Crassostrea gigas ) rearing performances by the IFREMER/REMORA network: method and first results (1993–98) in Brittany (France)....Pages 195-208 The role of bivalve molluscs as tools in estuarine sediment toxicity testing: a review....Pages 209-217 Back Matter....Pages 219-224 Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Shellfish Restoration, held in Cork, Ireland, 28 September - 2 October 1999