Report of the Working Group on Marine Shellfish Culture (WGMASC)

The sixth meeting of the Working Group on Marine Shellfish Culture [WGMASC] (Chair: Peter Cranford, Canada) was held in Aberdeen (Scotland) and attended by 11 participants. ToR a) The following priority emerging shellfish aquaculture issues were identified: (1) driving factors, advantages, optimization and effects of new technologies used to culture shellfish both offshore and on land; (2) alternative and value‐added uses of cultured shellfish; and (3) ecological carrying capacity for shellfish aquaculture (Section 3; linkages to WGEIM, MCC, ACME).