40 OYSTER BOTTOMS IN VICINITY OF APALACHICOLA, FLA. 
22. GREEN POINT FLAT. 
This roughly crescent-shaped flat of 170 acres, is located in the 
northwestern part of Apalachicola Bay, about 14 miles south of 
Green Point and 2 miles east by north of St. Vincent Point. The 
approximate dimensions are 1 mile long by one-fourth mile wide. 
It has a depth of 5 to 6 feet at mean low tide. With the exception 
of a limited portion of the southeast border, which has an elevation 
of about 1 foot, the flat is practically on a level with the connecting 
barren grounds. The bottom is mud and sand on a hard sand foun- 
dation. 
The bed has grown up within recent years on a hard to stiff bottom 
of the area stretching from Green Point to the head of St. Vincent 
Bar, and it appears that it would be greatly improved and produce a 
better grade of stock if it were planted extensively with shells in 
order to raise it above the general level of the contiguous bottoms. 
The entire flat has dense growth. The oysters were found in large 
sharp-edged clusters, usually of a poor or scissor-bill type, with many 
attached mussels and some barnacles. The quality was generally 
poor and watery, although some oysters were fat and in good condi- 
tion. From 2 to 10 dead or smothered oysters were noted at nearly 
every station, and at some places the cultch was black shells. This 
bar is oystered but very little. 
The following tables present the conditions of this bar: 
OysTeR GROWTH ON GREEN POINT Fat. 
Oysters per acre. Esti- 
mated 
Character of oyster growth. Area. Under3| Over3 content 
inches. | inches. | T0tal- os a 
Acres. | Bushels. | Bushels. | Bushels. | Bushels. 
170 105 414 519 
IDCIRGE ONS... Jub Saenos madesnrises GnsSE aes se seceoase st 7 88, 230 
DETAILS OF EXAMINATION OF GREEN POINT FLAT. 
Oysters coup per Shells Estimated quantity 
square yard. oysters per acre. , 
Boe Dats of Pett eka 2! y per v P ee B 
ion : { square ai oyster growth. 
nation. | water. | ered. | «y+! Culls.|Counts.| yard. | Seed. ee Total. A 
1915. Feet. | Sq. yds. Bush. | Bush. | Bush. 
785..--| Mar. 10 a5 2. 04 0} 2.4 14.7 4 28 391 419 | Dense 
Usiood| lace Goe-ase 7.0 2. 04 0} 6.4 9.9 2 7. 264 339 Do 
AOU chose ere Gi peas 7.5 2. 04 O| 4.4 13.2 1 52 351 403 Do 
WS8 ios sre ae Goseee. 8.0 2. 04 On 22 17.6 2 144 468 612 Do 
909 . . Mar. 19 7.0 2. 04 0} 8.8 21.1 5 104 561 665 Do 
th ae ae doze. se 7.0 2. 04 0} 11.3 13. 7 2 132 364 496 Do 
oh ee be ae dossee= 8.0 2. 04 OP 9r3 17.6 3 110 468 578 Do 
944... Mar. 24 6.0 2. 21 0} 10.4 WAST 5 123 471 594 Do 
945... dopeees 6.0 2. 21 Oe 4.5 4 38 120 158 Do 
940i So alec. doers 6.0 2. 21 0; 9<.5 18.1 3 112 481 593 Do 
1080...) A 5 160) 2.04} 0.5] 5.9 5.4 G 70 143 213 Do 
LOST ise dor... 7.0 2. 04 0} 5.4 7.4 10 64 197 261 Do 
LOS 2 mete Sse G0: <22- 6.5 2.12 0 7.1 25.4 9 83 675 758 Do 
1083 .. Mots 7.0 2. 04 OU) D222 14.2 17 144 378 §22 Do 
108452). 5 dons; 7.5 2. 04 0 | 23.1 19.1 9 273 507 780 Do 
LOSS Soa /ee. dons 6.5 2.12 0} 10.8 29.7 25 127 790 917 Do 
