TRY Oyster Women’s Association (TRY) piloted oyster aquaculture technologies under past projects, including the USAID/BaNafaa project (2011-2014) and with British High Commission support in subsequent years. These included: floating mesh bags; bamboo racks with suspended strings using empty shells as substrate; and floating bamboo rafts with suspended strings of oyster shells. For this initiative, TRY decided to use a technology that is more durable even though it requires a much more substantial capital investment in materials that are imported. This decision was also based on the deployment of this technology at other sites in The Gambia by the FAO FISH4ACP project and the opportunity for TRY and the Department of Fisheries to develop an understanding and provide technical support for this technology and learning across multiple sites. The technology consists of fixed frames made of iron bars with two levels of plastic mesh bags (top and bottom) attached in a removable manner to the iron frame. 

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TRY

Publisher / Institution

TRY Oyster Women’s Association, The Gambia

Date published

May 24, 2024