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Aquacultureorseafarming,asitissometimescalled----isoneofthebrightesthopesforfindingananswertotheproblemofaworldfoodshortage.Althoughitmaybeyearsbeforeaquacultureyieldsreallylargequantitiesoffood,itisalreadypartiallysuccessful.Oneofitssuccessfulisthegrowingofoysters.

OysterfarmingisabignewbusinessonCapeCod,wherethefirstlargecropofoysterswasharvestedlastOctober.Thewaterstherewerefamousfordeliciousoystersuntilthesupplygaveoutaboutfifteenyearsago.“There’sawholegenerationofpeoplewhohavenevereatenoysters,”saysKarlTouraine,marketingdirectorofAquaDynamicsCorporation,acompanythatgrowsoystersonstringshangingfrommetalracks.“Forabouttwentyyearstheoysterhasbeeninshortsupply,andouraimistoreversethisbyusingnew,moderngrowingtechniques,”heexplains.

“Wareham,onCapeCop,isthefirstplaceintheUnitedStateswhereoystersarebeinggrownonracksintheoff-bottommethod,”saysHankMcAvoyoftheNationalMarineFisheriesServiceinGloucester.”Butthere’snothingnewaboutoff-bottomraising,”Mr.McAvoyadds.”It’sbeendonesuccessfullyinNorwayandAustraliaand,inthelastfewyears,inSpain.TheJapanesehaveusedthisformofaquacultureforyears,andthey’rethemostsuccessful,withayearlycropofforty-sixthousandpoundsofshelledoystertotheacre.”

TheAquaDynamicsgroupgrowsoystersonstrings,awayfromthebottomsothattheoysters’naturalenemiescannotreachthem.‘Whenanoystercanavoidenemiesandliveinunpollutedwaterwithplentytoeat,he’llgrowniceandfatinfouryears,”KarlTouraineexplains.”Oysterswillfastenthemselvesontoalmostanythingtheycan,”hecontinues.”AtWareham,weuseshells,whichwethreadontonylonstringshangingfrommetalracks.Welowerthestringsintothewater,leavingatleastafootofwaterbetweenthelowestshellandthebottom.

“Sofarthegrowthhasbeenexcellentandthetastejustdelightful,”Mr.Tourainenoteshappily.