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The release of more than 30 million scallop spat onto the seabed in Golden Bay during 1984, marked the end of the first stage in the scallop seeding trial being conducted by the New Zealand Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries and the Overseas Fishery Co-operation Foundation of Japan. The project is a three year study to test the suitability of Japanese bottom farming techniques and their application to scallop culture in Golden Bay.