<;P>;PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a basket for culturing shellfish, sufficiently securing its closing stability in sea, while capable of performing quick taking-out and putting-in operations principally by one person. <;P>;SOLUTION: The continued stage type basket for culturing the shellfish is provided by forming entrance parts 7 and exit parts 8 individually at positions separated in circumferential direction of each of growing chambers at a side net 5, forming the entrance parts 7 as a smaller slit-like form than the total height of the growing chamber, also covering the entrance parts 7 by entrance part door bodies 9 consisting of a same net which is common to each of the upper and lower growing chambers, where its one side edge continues with the side net 5 and another side edge covers the entrance parts 7 to make it as an open up state, as capable of opening and closing, also fixing at least the uppermost edge part and lowermost edge part of the entrance part door bodies 9 with the uppermost part and lowermost part frames 2, 2 by closing yarns 10, 10, opening up the exit parts 8 over the whole height of each of the growing chambers continuously in vertical direction, and covering the exit parts 8 by first and second exit part door bodies 11, 12 consisting of the same net which is common to each of the growing chambers, where its one side edge continues with the side net 5 of the open up edge at the one side and the other side of the exit part 8, and the other side edge is made as opened up state, as overlapped and capable of opening and closing. <;P>;COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT