Abstract
To evaluate impacts of oyster raft placement on tidal current and seawater exchange in Etajima Bay, northern part of Hiroshima Bay, we have developed a coastal circulation model incorporating the drag force of the oyster raft in Etajima Bay. We found that the number of oyster rafts in summer season is twice as large as that in winter season. In Etajima Bay, the seawater exchange is relatively large in the northwest part, whereas the term of the seawater exchange is about one year in the southern part. Moreover, we computed some scenarios which the oyster rafts are reduced at each zone, and then it could be desirable to reduce 40% of the total number of oyster rafts in order to make a plane for reducing organic matter load from the oyster culture.
