Document Type
Report
Department/Program
Virginia Institute of Marine Science
VIMS Department/Program
Molluscan Ecology Program
Publication Date
1-1992
Series
Marine Resource Special Report
Abstract
The Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS) conducts surveys of oyster spatfall (or "setting") in Virginia waters throughout the summer reproductive period. This survey provides an estimate of the potential of a particular area for receiving a "strike" or set of oysters on the bottom and helps define the timing of setting events. Information obtained from this effort is valuable to the Virginia Marine Resources Commission (VMRC) for its shell repletion program, and to private oyster growers, both of which are interested in maximizing the timing of shell planting. In addition, by maintaining a long-term data base, trends in spatfall throughout the lower Chesapeake Bay can be monitored. This in turn provides an index of the general "health" of the Bay. · Bi-weekly updates of spatfall data are provided to interested parties throughout the summer. This report summarizes data collected during the entire 1991 setting season.
DOI
https://doi.org/10.21220/V5390D
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
Barber, B. J. (1992) Oyster Spatfall in Virginia Waters: 1991 Annual Summary. Marine Resource Special Report. Virginia Institute of Marine Science, William & Mary. https://doi.org/10.21220/V5390D
