Oyster Mortalities, With Particular Reference to Chesapeake Bay and the Atlantic Coast of North America #246748

The oyster fisheries in Maryland and Vir ginia waters Of the Bay are very different (fig Most of Maryland production is from public beds, and the State has carried on a vigorous large-scale program of shell planting and seed transfer since 1961. Virginia produc tion, on the other hand, is principally from private beds, most Of which have depended on the James River as a seed source.