Index Site Surveys Data for Olympia Oysters, Ostrea lurida, in British Columbia – 2009 to 2017 ...

• Main Author: Bureau, Dominique
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: Fisheries and Oceans Canada 2022
• Subjects: Ostrea lurida; Fisheries management; Olympia Oyster; British Columbia; Fisheries resources; Species at Risk; Density; Vancouver Island; Length; Pacific; Scientific research; Frequency; Environment; SARA; Samplingevent; Campbell Island; Canada; First Nations
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.15468/scs2nk; https://www.gbif.org/dataset/8c3fa5c6-8fb2-4080-8124-e402a253fa8b

The Olympia oyster (Ostrea lurida Carpenter, 1864) is one of four species of oysters established in British Columbia (BC), Canada, and the only naturally occurring oyster in BC (Bourne 1997; Gillespie 1999, 2009). O. lurida reaches the northern limit of its range in the Central Coast of British Colu...