Overall, these study findings suggest that industry resources should be prioritised toward re-watering prior to transport — this not only promotes freshness of the product, but could prevent up to 10% weight loss during emersed transport and reduce mortality by up to 4%. Adoption of these transport strategies could therefore reduce overpacking
within the industry, benefitting both producers and shellfish merchants,
representing a total cost saving of 14%.
Re-watering after transport also appears to improve weight gain rapidly (up to 16% in 10 min) and in the longer term, reduce mortality and serum ammonium concentration and potentially increasing perceived product quality. This should be included in good practice codes and European legislation provided seawater quality (i.e. free of contaminants and bacteriological load) is guaranteed.
Future research should focus on re-watering from different perspectives:seasonality differences, implementation feasibility (i.e. duration of re-watering), physiological tolerance and overall quality. Transport experiments could further investigate oxygen saturation and humidity using appropriate probes or loggers. Implementation feasibility studies need to include economic benefits, political framework and training needs of authorities and producers alike.
Overall, these study findings suggest that industry resources should be prioritised toward re-watering prior to transport — this not only promotes freshness of the product, but could prevent up to 10% weight loss during emersed transport and reduce mortality by up to 4%. Adoption of these transport strategies could therefore reduce overpackingwithin the industry, benefitting both producers and shellfish merchants,representing a total cost saving of 14%.Re-watering after transport also appears to improve weight gain rapidly (up to 16% in 10 min) and in the longer term, reduce mortality and serum ammonium concentration and potentially increasing perceived product quality. This should be included in good practice codes and European legislation provided seawater quality (i.e. free of contaminants and bacteriological load) is guaranteed.Future research should focus on re-watering from different perspectives:seasonality differences, implementation feasibility (i.e. duration of re-watering), physiological tolerance and overall quality. Transport experiments could further investigate oxygen saturation and humidity using appropriate probes or loggers. Implementation feasibility studies need to include economic benefits, political framework and training needs of authorities and producers alike.
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