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Our beautiful new 222-page ebook, SAVING GIANTS: Cultivation and Conservation of Tridacnid Clams (by Gerald Heslinga, 2013) is now available for download http://store.blurb.com/ebooks/374835-... [or go to blurb.com and search for SAVING GIANTS] References: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1n... This 10-minute video shows how to make and sell giant clam (Tridacna) shellcraft products from farm-raised specimens. It was shot at Palau's Micronesian Mariculture Demonstration Center (MMDC) in January, 1995. All of the living clams and clam shells shown in the video were spawned and raised in captivity between 1979 and 1994. The successful commercial-scale production and marketing of giant clam shells in this environmentally sustainable way was a first for the region and for the world. The shellcraft work featured here was part of a larger program involving giant clam mariculture, research, hatchery and nursery production, staff training, local and regional stock enhancement, conservation and export of farmed clam products. This work was funded primarily by the US National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS/NOAA), the University of Hawaii Sea Grant Program and the Republic of Palau's Ministry of National Resources, Bureau of Resources and Development. The MMDC's revenues from sales of cultured giant clam products (seed, meat and shells) from 1990 to 1994 totaled US$745,000. These sales were made to local restaurants, international seafood markets, tourists, other Pacific Island governments, and USA and European saltwater aquarium wholesalers. [This figure does not include foundation grants and contracts generated by the hatchery staff to fund a variety of research projects related to clams and clam mariculture.] To see the illustrated manual written to accompany this video, click this link: http://www.ctsa.org/files/publication... To see more videos on giant clam farming click here: http://www.youtube.com/user/GeraldHes... Funding to produce this video and an accompanying manual was provided by the Oceanic Institute of Hawaii, through its Center for Tropical and Subtropical Aquaculture (CTSA). Thanks to Kevin Davidson for video editing assistance and to David Idip, Toshiro Paulis, Noah Idechong, Frank Perron, Theo Isamu, Uro Ikesakes, Asap Bukurrow, Lawrence Sumor, Setts Mongami, Jay Oruetamor, Don Hanser, Tom Watson, Noah Idechong, David Idip, Uro Ikesakes and the entire MMDC staff for assistance. Thanks to Kevan Main and the CTSA staff for assistance with publication of the manual and video. Thanks to the Oceanic Institute of Hawaii for funding this work and to the University of Hawaii Sea Grant Program. Thanks to the US Department of the Interior, Office of Territorial and International Affairs. for supporting the work of project principal investigator Gerald Heslinga. Thanks to the Palau Ministry of National Resources and its Bureau of Resources and Development for hosting this work. Selected References: Beckvar, N. 1981. Cultivation, spawning and growth of the giant clams Tridacna gigas, T. derasa and T. squamosa in Palau, Caroline Islands. Aquaculture 24: 21-30. Fitt, W. K., C. R. Fisher, and R. R. Trench. 1986. Contribution of the symbiotic dinoflagellate Symbiodinium microadriaticum to the nutrition, growth and survival of larval and juvenile tridacnid clams. Aquaculture 55: 5-22. Fitt, W. K., G. A. Heslinga, and T. C. Watson. 1992. Use of antibiotics in the mariculture of giant clams (F. Tridacnidae). Aquaculture 104: 1-10. Fitt, W. K., G. A. Heslinga, and T. C. Watson. 1993. Utilization of dissolved inorganic nutrients in growth and mariculture of the tridacnid clam Tridacna derasa. Aquaculture 109: 27-38. Hastie, L. C., T. C. Watson, T. Isamu and G. A. Heslinga. 1992. Effect of nutrient enrichment on Tridacna derasa seed: dissolved inorganic nitrogen increases growth rate. Aquaculture 106: 41-49. Heslinga, G. A. 1989. Biology and culture of the giant clam. In: Manzi, J. and M. Castagna (eds.), Clam Mariculture in North America. Elsevier, Amsterdam, 461 p. Heslinga, G. A. and W. K. Fitt. 1987. The domestication of reef-dwelling clams, BioScience 37: 332-339. Heslinga, G. A., Perron, F. E. and Orak, O. 1984. Mass culture of giant clams (f. Tridacnidae) in Palau. Aquaculture 39: 197-215. Heslinga, G. A., Watson, T. C. and T. Isamu. 1990. Giant Clam Farming. Pacific Fisheries Development Foundation (NMFS/NOAA). 179 p. Maruyama, T. and G. A. Heslinga. 1997. Fecal discharge of zooxanthellae in the giant clam Tridacna derasa, with reference to their in situ growth rate. Marine Biology 127: 473-477. Perron, F E., G. A. Heslinga and J. O. Fagolimul. 1985. The gastropod Cymatium muricinum, a predator on juvenile tridacnid clams. Aquaculture 48: 211-221.