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Figure 2. Mulifanuaa / Manono Is. area, Upolu west coast
Key: | |
Mulitanuaa. Recommended area for off-bottom and raft farming. | |
Manono Is. Recommended area for floating long-line farming. |
Figure 4.
Key: | |
Recommended area for off-bottom and raft farming. |
Figure 5.
Figure 6.
Key: | |
Suitable depth for off-bottom farming Suitable for floating raft or long-line farming |
Figure 7.
Floating raft farming method for cottonii seaweed
Figure 8.
Off-bottom constant depth farming method for cottonii seaweed
(After Luxton, 1992)
Figure 9. (After Luxton, unpublished)