Prégrossissement du naissain de coquille Saint-Jacques Pecten maximus (L.) en rade de Brest - Résultats obtenus en 1983

In 1983, the pre-grow-out in the roadsted of Brest of 1.5m king scallop maximU6 post larvae from 1 to 5 mm lead to the production of 250,000 juveniles of a size comprised between 27 and 31 mm. The culture conditions have been particularly unfavourable in June with an infestation by the drilling worm Polydora sp and the starfish Asteria rubens, and in July when important mortalities and a stopping of the growth have been observed as well as the presence in the plankton of large quantities of dinoflagellates (most certainly toxic). Some experiments showed that the sensitivity of the scallops to those different mortality factors is proportional to the size of the farm.