Species Regional Summary
Magallana gigas
_CDA_P112 (Bodega Bay) ( P112 )

Invasion History Vectors Impacts References

Invasion

Invasion Description

1st Record: CA/Bodega Harbor (commercial plantings 1932-1938; Barrett 1963, cited by Carlton 1979)

Geographic Extent

CA/Bodega Harbor (commercial plantings 1932-1938; Barrett 1963, cited by Carlton 1979)

Vectors

Level Vector
Probable Oyster Intentional

Regional Impacts

Economic ImpactFisheries
Commercial rearing of M. gigas occurred in San Francisco Bay from 1932 to 1938 (Barrett 1963, cited by Carlton 1979)
 

References

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