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Mussels, oysters and other shellfish

The cultivation of mussels, oysters and other shellfish has experienced a tremendous growth due to the growing international demand for food. Wageningen University & Research studies ways to make shellfish farming more sustainable and profitable.

Highlighted topics

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  Restoration of European flat oyster reefs in the North Sea and Wadden Sea

  Oyster reefs and mussel beds are essential for a healthy, rich underwater life. Restoration of hard substrates on the seabed is therefore a focus in...
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  Fish and shellfish diseases

  In Lelystad we have a specialized fish and shellfish diseases laboratory. This is the one complete diseases laboratory in the Netherlands for cultured...

News about mussels, oysters and other shellfish

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  17 January 2020

  Veined rapana whelk discovered in Oosterschelde (The Netherlands)

  - On January 9, 2020, a mussel farmer fished up a large snail of 16 centimeters from a mussel plot at Zandkreek in the Oosterschelde. The attentive...

News 2016-2019

• 23 September 2019

  Nature as the inspiration for climate solutions

• 01 August 2019

  New opportunities for oysters in wind farms

• 01 July 2019

  Oyster reefs used to counter large waves

• 15 January 2019

  New method to detect mussel toxins without using lab animals

• 03 August 2018

  Japanese oyster helps endangered Dutch flat oyster

• 26 September 2017

  Restoration of European flat oyster reefs in the North Sea and Wadden Sea

• 03 March 2017

  Higher production efficiency for mussels possible

• 28 November 2016

  Mussel bank mapping from UAVs

Research on mussels, oysters and other shellfish

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  EFMZV - Space for Birds and Fishermen

  Operational perspective for sustainable fisheries on Spisula subtruncata in Dutch coastal waters.
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  Eco-friendly reef restoration pilots in offshore wind farms

  Offshore wind energy is becoming increasingly important in our energy transition. The costs of offshore wind energy are not only influenced by...
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  Aanvullende kennisvragen Mosselconvenant

  Binnen het Convenant Mosseltransitie is er behoefte aan een overzicht van mogelijke effecten van mosselkweek/visserij op natuurwaarden in de...
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  CERES

  CERES (Climate change and European aquatic RESources) is a 48-month Horizon 2020 project that is funded in the call BG02: Forecasting and anticipating...
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  Support for oyster farming experiments (BOKX)

  Can new farming techniques restore oyster production?

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Products and services that we offer

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  Shellfish hatchery and nursery

  Wageningen Marine Research researches the controlled production of shellfish seed in a hatchery and nursery.
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  Side Scan Sonar

  Side scan sonar can be used to map out underwater structures such as mussel banks.

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Publications

• Rapid cloud-based temporal compositing of Sentinel-1 radar imagery for epibenthic shellfish inventory

  Westinga, Eduard , Troost, Karin , Biri Nasimiyu, Lydia , Budde, Petra E. , Vrieling, Anton (2021) Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science 250 (2021). - ISSN 0272-7714

• The impact of mussel seed fishery on the dynamics of wild subtidal mussel beds in the western Wadden Sea, The Netherlands

  Smaal, A.C. , Craeymeersch, J.A. , Stralen, M.R. van (2021) Journal of Sea Research 167 (2021). - ISSN 1385-1101

• Increased production of green mussels (Perna viridis) using longline culture and an economic comparison with stake culture on the north coast of Java, Indonesia

  Rejeki, Sri , Debrot, Adolphe O. , Brink, Anneke M. van den , Ariyati, Restiana W. , Lakshmi Widowati, Lestari (2021) Aquaculture Research 52 (2021)1. - ISSN 1355-557X - p. 373 - 380.

• Ontwikkeling van de bodemdiergemeenschap in de geulen van referentiegebied Rottum : tussenrapportage 14 jaar na sluiting (najaar 2019)

  Glorius, S.T. , Meijboom, A. (2020) Wageningen : Wettelijke Onderzoekstaken Natuur & Milieu (WOt-technical report 193) - p.

• Ontwikkeling van enkele droogvallende mosselbanken in de Nederlandse Waddenzee : Situatie 2019

  Glorius, S.T. , Meijboom, A. (2020) Wageningen : Wettelijke Onderzoekstaken Natuur & Milieu (WOt-technical report 192) - p.

• Forty questions of importance to the policy and practice of native oyster reef restoration in Europe

  Ermgassen, Philine S.E. zu , Bonačić, Kruno , Boudry, Pierre , Bromley, Cass A. , Cameron, Tom C. , Colsoul, Bérenger , Coolen, Joop W.P. , Frankić, Anamarija , Hancock, Boze , Have, Tom M. van der , Holbrook, Zoë , Kamermans, Pauline , Laugen, Ane T. , Nevejan, Nancy , Pogoda, Bernadette , Pouvreau, Stéphane , Preston, Joanne , Ranger, Christopher J. , Sanderson, William G. , Sas, Hein , Strand, Åsa , Sutherland, William J. (2020) Aquatic conservation: marine and freshwater ecosystems 30 (2020)11. - ISSN 1052-7613 - p. 2038 - 2049.

• Optimization of off-bottom spat collectors for restoration and production of the European flat oyster (Ostrea edulis) in Dutch coastal waters

  Brink, Anneke M. van den , Maathuis, Margot A.M. , Kamermans, Pauline (2020) Aquatic conservation: marine and freshwater ecosystems 30 (2020)11. - ISSN 1052-7613 - p. 2087 - 2100.

• Future-proof and sustainable healthy diets based on current eating patterns in the Netherlands

  Broekema, Roline , Tyszler, Marcelo , Veer, Pieter van 't , Kok, Frans J. , Martin, Agnès , Lluch, Anne , Blonk, Hans T.J. (2020) American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 112 (2020)5. - ISSN 0002-9165 - p. 1338 - 1347.

• Large-scale Pacific oyster removal experiment in the Oosterschelde (The Netherlands)

  Wijsman, Jeroen , Smaal, Aad (2020)

• Bonamia infection in native oysters (Ostrea edulis) in relation to European restoration projects

  Sas, Hein , Deden, Brenda , Kamermans, Pauline , Ermgassen, Philine S.E. zu , Pogoda, Bernadette , Preston, Joanne , Helmer, Luke , Holbrook, Zoë , Arzul, Isabelle , Have, Tom van der , Villalba, Antonio , Colsoul, Bérenger , Lown, Alice , Merk, Verena , Zwerschke, Nadescha , Reuchlin, Emilie (2020) Aquatic conservation: marine and freshwater ecosystems 30 (2020)11. - ISSN 1052-7613 - p. 2150 - 2162.

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