An initiative of the ICAR–Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute’s (CMFRI) to enhance stock of short-neck clam (Paphia malabarica) programme in Ashtamudi Lake is showing early signs of recovery.
About Short Neck Clam:
It is a valuable bivalve mollusk.
It is India’s first Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certified
It is the major fishery resource of the brackish water Ashtamudi Lake in Kerala, India
Economic Significance:
It is used in cement production and to make carbide for use in welding.
They are also used for lime burning for construction, in paddy field and fish farms for neutralizing acid soil and as slaked lime.
Reasons for its decline: Environmental pollution, invasion of non-native species like the Charru mussel, climate change, including altered salinity and water temperature, have significantly reduced the clam population.
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