Document Type
Report
Department/Program
Virginia Institute of Marine Science
Publication Date
12-15-1987
Abstract
The Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS) conducts weekly surveys from June through early October to obtain oyster spatfall information. Spat counts are made on oyster shells strung on wire and suspended from stakes on public and private beds. The number of spat on shells is counted each week of the spawning season to determine the potential of a particular area for receiving a strike and to predict the most likely period the strikes will occur.
DOI
https://doi.org/10.21220/V53G7S
Keywords
Oyster fisheries--Chesapeake Bay (Va.), Oyster--Monitoring, Oyster fisheries--Virginia, Oysters--Chesapeake Bay (Va.)
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 International License.
Recommended Citation
Whitcomb, J. (1987) Oyster Spatfall in Virginia Rivers: 1987 Annual Summary. Virginia Institute of Marine Science, William & Mary. https://doi.org/10.21220/V53G7S
