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Prices of farmed shellfish fluctuated throughout the year. Their value at first sale was estimated from the following figures. The price of Pacific oyster was around £0.40 per shell; native oyster, £0.40 per shell; scallop, £1.15 per shell; queen scallop sold for approximately £0.10 per shell; and mussels from £900 to more than £1,700 per ton.
Sites and Businesses
The numbers of authorised, active businesses and sites in operation are presented in the ta- bles below. Many sites held stock not yet ready for market, others were fallow, and some were positioned in remote areas where cost-effective production and marketing of shellfish proved difficult.