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Annexes<br />

KEYWORDS: Somatic growth, dynamic <strong>model</strong>, aquaculture,<br />

intraspecific competition.<br />

5 th European Echinoderm Colloquium, Milano, 1998. Poster. Ph.<br />

Grosjean, Ch. Spirlet & M. Jangoux. Comparison <strong>of</strong> three body-size<br />

measurements for echinoids and <strong>the</strong>ir use in growth and<br />

gonadosomatic calculations.<br />

See Part II.<br />

Aquaculture '98, Las Vegas, 1998. Talk in a special session. Ph.<br />

Grosjean, Ch. Spirlet & M. Jangoux. Is land-based closed cycle<br />

echiniculture (<strong>sea</strong> <strong>urchin</strong>s aquaculture) a viable alternative to fisheries<br />

today?<br />

ABSTRACT: Today, most world <strong>sea</strong> <strong>urchin</strong>s fisheries have to deal<br />

with overexploitation or yields drop problems. Better management <strong>of</strong><br />

exploited field populations and/or aquaculture is more and more<br />

considered as necessities to sustain <strong>sea</strong> <strong>urchin</strong>s’ production in <strong>the</strong> near<br />

future. In this context, we evaluate here <strong>the</strong> potentials <strong>of</strong> land-based closed<br />

cycle echiniculture.<br />

A long-term experiment with <strong>the</strong> edible violet <strong>sea</strong> <strong>urchin</strong><br />

(<strong>Paracentrotus</strong> lividus) has been done at a pilot scale in France. The<br />

process used allows total independence against natural resources, since <strong>the</strong><br />

whole biological cycle <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> echinoids is under control (closed cycle<br />

echiniculture) and all activities are performed on land. Also, a method has<br />

been set up to gain control over <strong>the</strong> reproductive cycle <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>se animals<br />

and to produce marketable individuals all year long.<br />

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