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one can take them without a permit between June 1st 

 and September ist, although the local authorities have 

 the power to grant permits to fish for oysters at any 

 time. 



Some of the public beds of Rhode Island are open to 

 residents between September 15th and May 15th, while 

 others are open only between April ist and June 15th, 

 but no one can take more than twenty bushels in one 

 day. 



Connecticut has no closed season, and her public as 

 well as private beds are fished at all times. The beds 

 in the river Thames, however, are closed by a local 

 law between March 1st and September 1st. 



New York has local laws for the closure of the beds 

 of certain regions at specified times, and some of the 

 towns have town laws to the same effect; thus the beds 

 of Great South Bay are closed by a State law from 

 March ist to September 1st, and those in Harlem river 

 from June istto August 30th, while the town of Brook- 

 ham has a town law closing the beds, which furnish 

 the well-known " Blue Point " oysters, from June 15th 

 to October ist. 



In certain counties of New Jersey the closed season 

 is from May ist to September ist ; in others from July 

 1st to September ist, and in still others from May 1st 

 to October ist. 



The public beds of Delaware are closed from April 

 30th to September 1st. 



In Virginia the closed season is from May 1st to 

 September 1st, but any resident may catch two bushels 

 a day for family use, and any owner of planted oys- 

 ters may catch them at any time and in any quantity 

 for family use. 



