“…; Sánchez‐Lazo & Martínez‐Pita ,b). Gamete cryopreservation is one of the effective techniques that could achieve these goals and has been well advanced in Pacific oysters Crassostrea gigas (Adams, Smith, Roberts, Janke, King, Tervit & Webb ; Zhang, Li, Clarke & Li ) and abalone (Liu, Li, Xu, Robinson & Qin ; Zhu, Li, Qu, Liu & Clarke ). Sperm cryopreservation in blue mussels has been investigated by Matteo, Langellotti, Masullo and Sansone () using programmable freezing technique and sperm collected by natural spawning method, with a post‐thaw sperm fertilization rate of approximately 70% (relative to control) being achieved.…”