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The New Zealand Greenshell mussel industry operates within some of the strictest quality standards in the world Both the mussels and seawater around the farms are tested for biotoxins, bacteria, and heavy metals.
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New and Greenshell
When grown for aquaculture in New Zealand it is produced under the trademark name Greenshell.
The New Zealand Greenshell mussel aquaculture industry produces over 140, 000 tonnes annually and in 2009 was valued in excess of NZ $ 250 million.
The aquaculture of the New Zealand Greenshell mussel relies heavily on the production of mussel seed, or spat, by wild mussel populations.
New Zealand Greenshell mussel cultivation began in the 1970s and has since undergone massive expansion, with production growth of 708 % from 1988 to 2000 ( an average annual growth of 18 %).
New Zealand ’ s high aquaculture standards have been recognized by the International Conservation Organisation Blue Ocean Institute, which ranked New Zealand Greenshell mussels as one of the top two ‘ eco-friendly seafoods ’ in the world.
Lines in the water: a history of Greenshell mussel farming in New Zealand.
New and mussel
Some species of marine mussel, including the Blue Mussel ( Mytilus edulis ) and the New Zealand green-lipped mussel ( Perna canaliculus ), are also cultivated as a source of food.
The most common species cultivated in New Zealand is the New Zealand green-lipped mussel.
The effect of mussel farming on dusky dolphins has been studied in Admiralty Bay, New Zealand.
Adult New Zealand pea crabs are completely reliant on their host mussel for shelter and food, which it steals from the mussel's gills.
The New Zealand pea crab collects food by sitting on the gills of the green-lipped mussel and stealing food strands from the mussel.
The relationship between the New Zealand pea crab and the green-lipped mussel is one of parasitism because the crab damages the mussel's gills when taking food.
The New Zealand pea crab lives most commonly in green-lipped mussels ( Perna canaliculus ), but can also be found in many other bivalve molluscs including the blue mussel ( Mytilus edulis aoteanus ), the Pacific oyster ( Crassostrea gigas ) and a species of clam ( Chione stutchburyi ).
Havelock is the centre for much of the New Zealand green-lipped mussel industry, and is called the greenshell mussel capital of the world.
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The New Zealand green-lipped mussel, ( Perna canalicula ), also known as the New Zealand mussel, the greenshell mussel, kuku, and kutai, is a bivalve mollusc in the family Mytilidae the true mussels.
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