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spatfall en · NOUN

Etymology

From spat + fall.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The arrival of spat at the beach during spawning season for shellfish;
   • Fluctuations in annual yields of our cockle, mussel and oyster fisheries are largely but not entirely due to good or poor spatfalls. 2008, Brian Spencer, Molluscan Shellfish Farming, →ISBN, page 18:
   • For example, inter-tidal mussel beds in the Wadden Sea almost disappeared during the late 1980s due to a combination of exploitation and low spatfall. 2004, Sir Tom Blundell, Turning the Tide : Addressing the Impact of Fisheries on the Marine Environment, →ISBN:
   • For the long-term data set, spatfall events and the amount of spatfall increased markedly with strong offshore winds. On days with high tidal range, there tended to be an increase in the amount of spatfall, but this trend was not significant statistically. 2012, Issues in Life Sciences: Aquatic and Marine Life, →ISBN:
   • Based on these results, spatfall in Ban Laem would occur from July to September and again from December to February. 1988, Tanittha Chongpeepien, Bivalve Mollusc Culture Research in Thailand, →ISBN, page 100:

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