54 OYSTER BOTTOMS IN VICINITY OF APALACHICOLA, FLA. 
milky. Very few mussels and barnacles were noted, although some 
of the older shells contained a number of the boring clam Martesia. 
An average of five stations made on this bar gave the following 
results: 34 bushels of oysters under 3 inches and 358 bushels over 
3 inches per acre. The bar has dense growth throughout. 
DETAILS OF EXAMINATION OF SHELL BANK Bar. 
Oysters caught per Estimated quantity 
square yard. Shells oysters per acre. 
per Character of 
square oyster growth. 
Spat. |Culls.|Counts.| Y8T4- | seed. var Total. 
Date of | Depth | Area 
exami- of cov- 
nation. | water. | ered. 
1915. Feet. | Sq. yds. Bush. | Bush. | Bush. 
2 i 2.12 50 358 0: 
1255. Apr. 1 6.5 0} 4.7 11.8 3 408 | Dense. 
1256. ..{--- dose 7.5 2. 04 Oy e24 5.4 19 26 164 190 Do. 
1260552\2 200... 5.0 2. 55 0} 4.3 18. 4 11 46 559 605 Do 
1288...| Apr. 13 1.5 1.0 0}; 2.0 13.0 20 21 395 416 Do 
1306 Apr. 14 6.5 212 0| 2.4 10. 4 14 25 316 341 Do 
39. PICOLINE BAR. 
Picoline Bar is situated in the southwestern section of St. Vincent 
Sound, about 3 miles east of Indian Pass. No detailed examination 
was made on this bar, but its position is shown on the chart. It 
consists principally of shallow reefs extending northward from St. 
Vincent Island to the Big Gully. Both on the east and west it is 
delimited by private claims. The present limits are about one-half 
mile in length by 300 yards in width, having an approximate area 
of 48 acres. The margins along the northeast and northwest por- 
tions have a depth of about 4 feet and a hard bottom of sand and 
scrap shells, but no oysters. The top has dense growth. Formerly 
this bar was a bed of dead oysters. 
40. CEDAR SHELL BANK BAR. 
This consists of two shallow bars reaching southward from the 
_mainland, about 2 miles east of Indian Pass. The western and upper 
third of the eastern extensions bear dense growth, consisting mostly 
of clusters of the shallow-bar type and generally of scrawny appear- 
ance. However, some singles are of fine shape. 
A station made by wading on the lower end of the west reef revealed 
a hard bottom, with 14 small oysters, 21 from 3 to 4 inches in 
length, and 98 large ones, and 10 shells per square yard. Sea lettuce 
and a few mussels were observed. When examined the oysters 
were fat and milky. 
The lower two-thirds of the east reef supports scattering growth. 
A station near the center of this section, in a depth of 3 feet and on 
a medium-hard bottom, gave the following results: 0.3 culls, 3.6 
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