RESOURCE DISASTER PROJECTS 



Fourteen projects have been funded under Section 4(b) of the Commercial Fishery Research and 

 Development Act, of which 2 have been completed and 3 transferred to Section 4(a). The 

 remaining studies deal with the declining populations of blue crab along the middle and 

 south Atlantic Coast and the restoration of seed oysters. 



Alabama 2-64-D 



Johnie U. Crance 



$45,000 



Restoration of Alabama's supply of seed oysters - To restore and establish a new source of 

 seed oysters for Mobile Bay, about 125 acres of selected bottom in Mississippi Sound 

 will be planted with 500,000 cubic feet of shell. The areas selected are least affected by 

 the hazards of seed production. State biologists will determine the area and rates of 

 planting, and will evaluate the results of this effort. 



Connecticut 3-51-D 



Ernest Bontya 



Completed 1967 



Disaster relief - Connecticut oyster fishery - Fifteen spawning beds in selected locations 

 of Long Island Sound were prepared. Each bed was cleaned, protected with predator control 

 material, and planted with 400 bushels of brood stock oysters. A highly successful set 

 obtained from the first spawning will provide seed oysters and brood stock for several years. 



Delaware 3-49-R 

 Maryland 3-20-R 

 New Jersey 3-3-R 

 Virginia 3-6-R 



Kent Price 



Victor Sprague 



Harold Haskin 



Jay Andrews 



Transferred to 4(a) funding 



Transferred to 4(a) funding 



Transferred to 4(a) funding 



Transferred to 4(a) funding 



D isease resistant oyster program 

 title. 



See pages 57, 58, 59, and 60 for project narrative and full 



Florida 2-81-R 

 Georgia 2-82-R 

 North Carolina 2-80-R 

 South Carolina 2-79-R 



Sean Bollar 



Robert Mahood 



John R. Davis 



G. Robert Lunz 



$15,000 

 $25,000 

 $10,000 

 $25,000 



Cooperative blue crab study - South Atlantic States - Because of the serious decline in blue 



crab abundance in the South Atlantic area since 1964, a cooperative research study is underway. 



Each State is obtaining data on hydrology, occurrence of disease and parasites, and levels of 

 pesticides in their waters. 



Louisiana 2-27-D 



Max Summers 



Completed 1966 



Rehabilitation and restoration of oyster seed ground - To rehabilitate the oyster seed grounds 

 damaged by Hurricane Betsy, 630,000 bushels of clam and/or reef shell were planted in selected 

 areas in Bay Boudreaux and Black Bay. Random samples taken in each area showed a spat catch 

 of 92 percent in Black Bay and 46 percent in Bay Boudreaux. 



Maryland 3-91-R 

 Virginia 3-91-R 



Robert Lippson 

 W.A. Van Engel 



$25,000 

 $25,000 



Blue crab study in Chesapeake Bay - This effort by Maryland and Virginia aims to develop an 

 effective long-term program of study of how environmental and biological factors influence 

 the abundance and distribution of a valuable common resource. 



Texas 2-65-D 



Robert Hofstetter 



$50,000 



Oyster rehabilitation in San Antonio Bay - To increase oyster spat setting as a means of 

 repopulating public reefs damaged by Hurricane Beulah, about 15,000 bushels of oyster brood 

 stock are being dredged from Galveston Bay and transplanted on depleted reef sites in San 

 Antonio Bay. 



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