扇贝养殖具有食物链短、定居性强、育苗和养殖基础好、成本相对较低等特点，已成为我国沿海地区海水养殖的重要支柱产业之一。近十几年来，我国的扇贝养殖业发展迅速。１９８５年全国扇贝养殖产量只有０．６万ｔ，至１９９６年已达上百万ｔ，在养殖规模和产量上均居世界第一位 Scallop culture has the characteristics of short food chain, strong settlements, good nursery and breeding baselines, and relatively low cost. It has become one of the important pillar industries in the coastal aquaculture in China. In recent ten years, China’s scallop aquaculture has developed rapidly. In 1985, the output of scallop farmed in China was only 6,000 tons, reaching over 1 million tons in 1996, ranking the first in the world in terms of breeding scale and output