Table of Contents

Expanding Tropical Oyster Production: A Review

• Introduction: 3
• Climatic Characteristics and Oyster Farming in the Merbok Estuary: 4
• Water Quality, Biodiversity, and Climate Risks in the Merbok Estuary: 13
• Securing Oyster Seed in the Merbok Estuar: 21
• Prospects for Oyster Farming in the Merbok Estuary: 25
• Environmental Risks and Countermeasures in the Merbok Estuary: 29
• Collaboration Framework among Government Agencies, Universities, and Oyster Farmers: 35

ICT-based Oyster Farm Management Framework

• Introduction: 45
• Case Studies of IoT Utilization: 46
• Viewing IoT Data and Downloading Data Files: 56
• Further Utilization of IoT Devices: 64

Tropical Oyster Farming Framework

• Introduction: 79
• Spat Collection of Oysters: 80
• Conditioning of Oysters: 93
• Hanging of Oysters: 98
• Grow-Out of Oysters: 104
• Oyster Harvesting: 111
• Management of Oyster Farms: 118
• Afterword and Acknowledgments: 127