FEASIBILITY STUDY OF GREEN SNAIL TRANSPLANTATION TO THE FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA
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FEASIBILITY STUDY OF GREEN SNAIL TRANSPLANTATION TO THE FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA |
prepared for
Marine Resources Division,
Department of Resource and Development
Federated States of Micronesia
by
Masashi Yamaguchi
Department of Marine Sciences
University of the Ryukyus
and
Ken-Ichi Kikutani
Akajima Marine Science Laboratory
Establishment of Tropical Marine Ecological Research
1989
South Pacific Aquaculture Development Project
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Suva, Fiji
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1. Background
2. Green Snail
3. Trochus and Green Snail Transplantation in the Past
4. Criteria of Green Snail Habitats
1. Kosrae
2. Pohnpei
3. Nocturnal Behavior of Trochus niloticus and Turbo
argyrostomus
4. Hermit Crab-Occupied Shells and Crushed Shells of
Trochus and Turbo
5. Parasitic Gastropods on Turbo
6. Stomach Contents of Turbo and Trochus
PART II Implementation Plan of Green Snail Transplantation
1. Transplantation of Adult Shells
2. Supply of Broodstocks for Hatchery-Production of Larvae
and Juveniles
3. Supply of Hatchery-produced Juveniles for Reef Ranching
4. Polyculture of Inshore Organisms for Reef Ranching
5. Public Education
6. Several Points of Further Consideration
1. Strombus luhuanus, a gastropod resource not utilized in
Pohnpei
2. Gonad conditions of Turbo argyrostomus in Pohnpei
3. Trochus sanctuaries and the past transplantation sites
in Pohnpei