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Past and current oyster culture in Jamaica
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Dehaan D.D. Brown
Farming native scallop species
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Samia Sarkis
The cultivation of marine invertebrates indigenous to the Wider Caribbean Region: established culture techniques and research needs for crustaceans 105 Roger Leroy Creswell
State of shellfish aquaculture on the Caribbean coast of Colombia and potential site for a regional hatchery facility
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Luz Adriana Velasco, Judith Barros, Carlos Trujillo, Javier Gómez, Luz Marina Arias, Ruth Hernández and Jaime Rojas
Status of shellfish fisheries and farming in Panama
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Nely Serrano
Developing echinoderm culture for consumption and stock enhancement in the Caribbean
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Roger Leroy Creswell
Hatchery design considerations
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Samia Sarkis
Establishing operational protocols for a regional aquaculture facility: encouraging industry development and sustained use through best management practices to ensure resource and environmental preservation
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Roger Leroy Creswell
Cultivation of bivalve molluscs in Venezuela: diversity, potential and infrastructure for seed production
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César Lodeiros, Luis Freites, César Graziani and José Alió
Honduras as a potential site for the establishment of a small-scale shellfish hatchery facility
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Luis Morales
Overview of aquaculture in Belize
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Rigoberto Quintana
Selecting a site for a regional shellfish hatchery
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Samia Sarkis
CARICOM perspective and possible funding opportunities for establishment of a Caribbean regional shellfish hatchery
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Milton Haughton
Consumption patterns for fish and seafood in the Caribbean with special emphasis on bivalves and univalves Helga Josupeit
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