The International Center For Living Aquatic Resources Management (ICLARM) sponsored this review of the general biology, ecology, population dynamics, reproduction, and culture methods of marine bivalves of the family Arcade, subfamily Anadarinae. These cockles are harvested on a subsistence basis in many tropical, subtropical, and warm temperate areas (e.g., Colombia, Fiji, Malaysia, South Korea, Thailand, Japan, and Indonesia). The important species are Anadara granosa (L.), A. subcrenata (Lischke), and A. broughtoni (Schrenk). Hatchery production, if economical, could overcome the considerable year to year variability in supply of spat of some species. However, the major constraint to improving productivity of culture beds is predation by gastropod drills and starfish. (Author abstract, modified).