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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ftoceandocs:oai:aquadocs.org:1834/26451 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 1-78 http://hdl.handle.net/1834/26451 en eng http://spo.nmfs.noaa.gov/mfr584/mfr5841.pdf 0090-1830 http://hdl.handle.net/1834/26451 http://aquaticcommons.org/id/eprint/9826 403 2012-08-16 14:23:55 9826 United States National Marine Fisheries Service Biology Ecology Fisheries Management article TRUE 1996 ftoceandocs 2023-04-06T17:03:12Z 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 IODE-UNESCO: OceanDocs - E-Repository of Ocean Publications 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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History of Oystering in the United States and Canada, Featuring the Eight Greatest Oyster Estuaries |
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History of Oystering in the United States and Canada, Featuring the Eight Greatest Oyster Estuaries |
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History of Oystering in the United States and Canada, Featuring the Eight Greatest Oyster Estuaries |
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History of Oystering in the United States and Canada, Featuring the Eight Greatest Oyster Estuaries |
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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/id/eprint/9826 403 2012-08-16 14:23:55 9826 United States National Marine Fisheries Service |
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http://spo.nmfs.noaa.gov/mfr584/mfr5841.pdf 0090-1830 http://hdl.handle.net/1834/26451 |
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