Document Type
Report
Department/Program
Virginia Institute of Marine Science
Publication Date
11-1970
Series
Marine Resource Special Reports
Abstract
The Applied Biology Department in the VIMS Division of Applied Marine Science and Ocean Engineering conducts. weekly surveys of oyster "setting" in Virginia rivers from the end of May through early October each year. Starting at the mouth of each river and proceeding upstream to the limits of oyster setting, the collecting areas a.re established on public and private beds. Spat counts are obtained from oyster shells strung on wire and suspended from stakes. The number of spat which set in one week on the smooth side of ea.ch shell on the string are tabulated.
Issue
Vol 2 No. 15
DOI
https://doi.org/10.21220/V5690B
Keywords
Oyster fisheries--Chesapeake Bay (Va.), Oyster--Monitoring, Oyster fisheries--Virginia, Oysters--Chesapeake Bay (Va.)
Creative Commons License
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Recommended Citation
Haven, D. S. (1970) Oyster Spatfall on Shellstrings in Virginia Rivers: 1970 Annual Summary. Marine Resource Special Reports. Virginia Institute of Marine Science, William & Mary. https://doi.org/10.21220/V5690B
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