Observations relatives à une expérience de reproduction artificielle des huîtres du Pacifique (Crassostrea gigas Thunberg)

The artificial production of oyster spats in Japan and the USA provided inspiration to some French oyster farmers who thought that, at a time when stocking up Crassostrea gigas spats was getting more difficult, it would be interesting to try out the nutrition techniques developed by Japanese and American specialists. In this way, in La Tremblade, in the Marennes basin, M. Paul Jarno set up some structures aimed at artificial oyster reproduction. Trials started in 1968 and continued in July 1969. The first step was to assess the material and structures' usability and to take a closer look at the practical larval nutrition conditions in order to obtain fixed spats. This document is a collection of the observations carried out during the different trials.