Integrated open-water mussel ( Mytilus planulatus) and Atlantic salmon ( Salmo salar) culture in Tasmania, Australia

In a field experiment, Tasmanian blue mussels ( Mytilus planulatus) were cultured within an Atlantic salmon ( Salmo salar) farm in North West Bay (NWB), Tasmania to test if enhanced mussel performance and reduced organic enrichment resulted from integrated mussel–salmon culture. The performance of mussels grown within the fish farm lease (70 and 100 m from the fish cages) was not appreciably different from that of mussels grown distant to the farm (500 and 1200 m from the fish cages). After culturing mussels for 14 months, no difference among culture sites was indicated for any measured parameter except shell length ( P