Document Type
Report
Department/Program
Virginia Institute of Marine Science
VIMS Department/Program
Molluscan Ecology Program
Publication Date
1-1984
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 are counted each week of ~:he spawning season to determine the potential of a particular area for receiving a strike and to predict the most likely period tile strikes will occur. A moderate or heavy strike on shellstrings usually indicates a significant strike on exposed bottom clutch. This is especially true for clutch planted a week or two prior to the peak set.
DOI
https://doi.org/10.21220/V5489S
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. (1984) Oyster Spatfall in Virginia Rivers: 1983 Annual Summary. Virginia Institute of Marine Science, William & Mary. https://doi.org/10.21220/V5489S
