Pacific oyster aquaculture in South Australia
The first attempts to cultivate oysters in South Australia were those by Chief Inspector Randall
in Proper Bay from 1910 to 1912 (Grove-Jones 1986). These attempts it seems, were
instigated by poor catch rates of the native, mud or flat oyster, Ostrea angasi and an attempt to
re-stock natural populations.
Ostrea angasi stocks had [...]