International Introductions of Rochia nilotica
Introductions as compiled by FAO
Main Ref. Bartley, D.M. (comp./ed.), 2006
To Hawaii
FAO area Pacific, Eastern Central
From Guam
FAO area
Year 1952
Range
Period 1950-1974
Established in the Wild unknown
Established in Aquaculture
Significant Ecological Interactions unknown
Significant Socio-economic Effects
Introduced by unknown
Reason aquaculture
Other Reason fisheries
Comments Eldredge 1994. 27 shells released in ponds in Coconut Island, Kaneohe Bay, Oahu.750 more introduced in 1963. Some survival but no reproduction reported in 1967.
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