Document Type
Report
Department/Program
Virginia Institute of Marine Science
Publication Date
1-1973
Series
Marine Resource Special Report
Abstract
Oyster setting in Virginia river systems dipped to the lowest levels on record during 1972, according to scientists at the Virginia Institute of Marine Science who regularly monitor oyster grounds for set. A heavy set occurred on the seaside of Virginia's Eastern Shore and limited setting was observed in tributary rivers of the Mobjack Bay, but elsewhere the number of oysters setting on shellstrings and on the bottom in lower Chesapeake Bay in 1972 was far lower than for the previous year, and the lowest overall set ever recorded.
DOI
https://doi.org/10.21220/V5T02K
Keywords
Oyster fisheries--Chesapeake Bay (Va.), Oyster--Monitoring, Oyster fisheries--Virginia, Oysters--Chesapeake Bay (Va.)
Creative Commons License
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Recommended Citation
Virginia Institute of Marine Science. (1973) Oyster Spatfall on Shellstrings in Virginia Rivers: 1972 Annual Summary. Marine Resource Special Report. Virginia Institute of Marine Science, William & Mary. https://doi.org/10.21220/V5T02K
