United States Department of the Interior 

 Oscar L. Chapman, Secretary 

 Fish and Wildlife Service 

 Albert M. Day, Director 



Special Soientiflo Report - Fisheries 

 No. 9 



POSSIBILITIES FOR OYSTER CULTURE IN PUERTO RICO AND THE VIRGIN ISLA.NDS 



By 



Walter A. Chipman 

 Fishery Research Biologist 



emd 



Paul E. Thompson. 

 Assistant Chief 

 Branch of Fishery Biology 



CONTENTS 



Preface Page 



Introduction. ....••...••••* .. 1 



Survey of areas ... •.....•••••..••• 2 



Puerto Rico 2 



Virgin Islands ....... 9 



Discussion and Recanmendations 12 



Oysters of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands 12 



Conditions affecting oyster production ••... 13 



Possibilities for oyster culture ...... 15 



Conclusion. .. ............. 16 



Literature cited 19 



