Site Visit to Inspect Oyster Depuration Tanks at la Rocque Fisheries Ltd

Summary

La Rocque Fisheries Ltd on the island of Jersey have installed three purification tanks to depurate Pacific Oysters (Crassostrea gigas) taken from their nearby oyster growing lays. The tanks, which had been built to a French design, require approval from the States of Jersey Department of Agriculture and Fisheries. Seafish were asked by La Rocque to make a site inspection and given an opinion on the suitablity of the tanks for depurating Pacific and Native (Ostrea edulis) Oysters. Peter Wilson, Senior Fish Technologist Engineer at Seafish visited on 15 April 1998.

Publication Reference No.

CR142

Publication date

01 April 1998