U. S. BUREAU OF FISHERIES. 



preciable relief either conditions in the estuaries would have to be 

 greatly improved or attention turned to the Sound.^ 



Improvement in harbors and estuaries is very greatly to be de- 

 sired, and their restoration to conditions really favorable to oyster 

 culture would be a wonderful boon to the oyster industrv. " Not 



only would seed production be improved, but the finest of the grow- 

 ing and conditioning areas would be returned to productivity, the 

 oyster business of the State increased, and the country's total of 

 high-class market oysters augmented to a marked degree. 



^ See footnote 3 on p. 4. 



