date:Aug 23, 2016
Its reported that clam farmed in Taixi and Mailiao, Yunlin, Taiwan has dead in large amount. The breeding success rate in more than 60% of the coastal marine ponds is less than 30%. Some ponds almost completely go in vain. Apart from the factors of abnormal weather and water quality, the common reasons causing death, industry insiders also doubt that gene defect caused by inbreeding might be the reason.
Huang Hancheng, a local farmer, stated that he had been working hard in cultivating the clam