scholarly journals Spatial variability in distribution and growth of juvenile and adult sea scallops Placopecten magellanicus (Gmelin) on eastern Georges Bank (Northwest Atlantic)

1991 ◽  
Vol 74 ◽  
pp. 205-218 ◽  
Author(s):  
G Thouzeau ◽  
G Robert ◽  
SJ Smith
1965 ◽  
Vol 22 (5) ◽  
pp. 1137-1149 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. Bourne

Bioassays for paralytic shellfish poison were carried out in sea scallops (Placopecten magellanicus, Gmelin) from the major scallop producing areas off the Canadian Atlantic coast. There was very little or no toxin in Georges Bank or southern Gulf of St. Lawrence scallops. In Bay of Fundy scallops, adductor muscles and gills were poison-free but livers and mantles remained toxic the year round. The highest score of roes in these scallops was 43 μg of toxin per 100 g of roe.


1983 ◽  
Vol 40 (3) ◽  
pp. 313-318 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. S. Jamieson ◽  
R. A. Chandler

Levels of Gonyaulax excavata toxin in sea scallop (Placopecten magellanicus) tissues were monitored in eastern Canada on a monthly basis between 1977 and 1981. All tissues but the adductor muscle were found to be highly toxic in Bay of Fundy scallops, with negligible toxicity observed in scallops from Georges Bank, the outer Scotian Shelf, and Northumberland Strait scallops. Level of Bay of Fundy toxicity was much higher than previously observed (maximum digestive gland toxicity: 150 000 μg/100 g in March 1978), and recent average monthly toxicity for Bay of Fundy scallop roe ranged from 184 to 286 μg/100 g. Considerable fluctuation in toxicity can occur between adjacent months, and peak toxicities in sea scallops occur during fail and winter months. Scallop roe fisheries should be permitted to be established for scallops fished from the northern part of Georges Bank and Northumberland Strait. However, a closed zone for scallop roe should be established in the Bay of Fundy and adjacent Scotian Shelf.Key words: scallop, PSP, Gonyaulax, Placopecten, mollusk


Aquaculture ◽  
2022 ◽  
Vol 546 ◽  
pp. 737392
Author(s):  
Struan Coleman ◽  
Thomas Kiffney ◽  
Kisei R. Tanaka ◽  
Dana Morse ◽  
Damian C. Brady

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