History of Oystering in the United States and Canada, Featuring the Eight Greatest Oyster Estuaries
Oyster landings in the United States and Canada have been based mainly on three species, the native eastern oyster, Crassostrea virginica, native Olympia oyster, Ostreola conchaphila, and introduced Pacific oyster, C. gigas. Landings reached their peak of around 27 million bushels/year in the late 1...
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ftaquaticcommons:oai:generic.eprints.org:9826 2023-05-15T17:54:18+02:00 History of Oystering in the United States and Canada, Featuring the Eight Greatest Oyster Estuaries MacKenzie, Jr. , Clyde L. 1996 application/pdf http://aquaticcommons.org/9826/ http://spo.nmfs.noaa.gov/mfr584/mfr5841.pdf http://aquaticcommons.org/9826/1/mfr5841.pdf en eng http://aquaticcommons.org/9826/1/mfr5841.pdf MacKenzie, Jr. , Clyde L. (1996) History of Oystering in the United States and Canada, Featuring the Eight Greatest Oyster Estuaries. Marine Fisheries Review, 58(4), pp. 1-78. Biology Ecology Fisheries Management Article PeerReviewed 1996 ftaquaticcommons 2020-02-27T09:23:55Z Oyster landings in the United States and Canada have been based mainly on three species, the native eastern oyster, Crassostrea virginica, native Olympia oyster, Ostreola conchaphila, and introduced Pacific oyster, C. gigas. Landings reached their peak of around 27 million bushels/year in the late 1800's and early 1900's when eastern oysters were a common food throughout the east coast and Midwest. Thousands of people were involved in harvesting them with tongs and dredges and in shucking, canning, packing, and transporting them. Since about 1906, when the United States passed some pure food laws, production has declined. The causes have been lack of demand, siltation of beds, removal of cultch for oyster larvae while harvesting oysters, pollution of market beds, and oyster diseases. Production currently is about 5.6 million bushels/year. Article in Journal/Newspaper Pacific oyster International Association of Aquatic and Marine Science Libraries and Information Centers (IAMSLIC): Aquatic Commons Canada Pacific |
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Oyster landings in the United States and Canada have been based mainly on three species, the native eastern oyster, Crassostrea virginica, native Olympia oyster, Ostreola conchaphila, and introduced Pacific oyster, C. gigas. Landings reached their peak of around 27 million bushels/year in the late 1800's and early 1900's when eastern oysters were a common food throughout the east coast and Midwest. Thousands of people were involved in harvesting them with tongs and dredges and in shucking, canning, packing, and transporting them. Since about 1906, when the United States passed some pure food laws, production has declined. The causes have been lack of demand, siltation of beds, removal of cultch for oyster larvae while harvesting oysters, pollution of market beds, and oyster diseases. Production currently is about 5.6 million bushels/year. |
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History of Oystering in the United States and Canada, Featuring the Eight Greatest Oyster Estuaries |
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http://aquaticcommons.org/9826/1/mfr5841.pdf MacKenzie, Jr. , Clyde L. (1996) History of Oystering in the United States and Canada, Featuring the Eight Greatest Oyster Estuaries. Marine Fisheries Review, 58(4), pp. 1-78. |
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