International Introductions of Magallana gigas

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International Introductions of Magallana gigas

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Introductions as compiled by FAO

Main Ref.	Bartley, D.M. (comp./ed.), 2006
To	Vanuatu
FAO area	Pacific, Western Central
From	United States of America
FAO area
Year
Range	1972 - 1973
Period	1950-1974
Established in the Wild	probably no
Established in Aquaculture
Significant Ecological Interactions	unknown
Significant Socio-economic Effects
Introduced by	unknown
Reason	aquaculture
Other Reason
Comments	Eldredge 1994. Over 700,000 spat introduced, FAO reports no production so unsuccessful.

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