﻿OYSTER 
  REGIONS 
  OP 
  APALACHICOLA 
  BAY, 
  ETC. 
  211 
  

  

  offshore. 
  Close 
  iusliore 
  are 
  several 
  raccoon 
  beds 
  which 
  are 
  dry 
  at 
  low 
  

   water. 
  

  

  Platform 
  Bar. 
  — 
  This 
  is 
  the 
  uauie 
  given 
  to 
  the 
  sontheast 
  extension 
  of 
  

   Cat 
  Point 
  Bar, 
  and 
  only 
  the 
  western 
  j^art 
  of 
  this 
  bar 
  is 
  shown 
  on 
  tlie 
  

   map. 
  The 
  part 
  included 
  by 
  the 
  survey 
  covers 
  130 
  acres. 
  There 
  are 
  

   very 
  few 
  large 
  oysters 
  on 
  this 
  bed, 
  but 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  fine 
  growth 
  of 
  young 
  

   oysters, 
  in 
  different 
  stages 
  of 
  development, 
  attached 
  to 
  the 
  old 
  shells, 
  

   and 
  in 
  bunches 
  of 
  from 
  three 
  to 
  ten. 
  On 
  the 
  old 
  single 
  shells 
  a 
  quan- 
  

   tity 
  of 
  spat 
  was 
  found. 
  Very 
  few 
  barnacles 
  were 
  seen, 
  and 
  no 
  mussels. 
  

   There 
  were 
  no 
  enemies 
  or 
  vegetable 
  growth 
  discovered. 
  The 
  number 
  

   of 
  bunches 
  of 
  young 
  oysters 
  to 
  the 
  space 
  of 
  1 
  square 
  yard 
  is 
  about 
  

   seven, 
  and 
  these 
  young 
  oysters, 
  when 
  full 
  grown, 
  will 
  make 
  a 
  fine 
  bed. 
  

   The 
  crust 
  of 
  this 
  bed 
  is 
  2 
  feet 
  thick. 
  

  

  Bulkhead 
  Bar. 
  — 
  This 
  oyster 
  bed 
  lies 
  to 
  the 
  southward 
  and 
  westward 
  

   of 
  the 
  dredged 
  cut, 
  and 
  covers 
  only 
  a 
  comparatively 
  small 
  space 
  when 
  

   compared 
  to 
  the 
  large 
  beds 
  of 
  East 
  Hole 
  and 
  Cat 
  Point 
  bars. 
  The 
  

   number 
  of 
  acres 
  of 
  dense 
  growth 
  included 
  is 
  210, 
  and 
  extending 
  out 
  

   from 
  its 
  western 
  edge 
  is 
  an 
  area 
  of 
  scattered 
  growth 
  containing 
  59 
  acres. 
  

   The 
  bed 
  contains 
  good 
  single 
  oysters 
  and 
  oysters 
  in 
  bunches 
  of 
  from 
  

   two 
  to 
  seven, 
  and 
  the 
  average 
  of 
  the 
  observations 
  in 
  different 
  parts 
  of 
  

   the 
  bed 
  gives 
  thirty-three 
  oysters 
  to 
  the 
  square 
  yard 
  — 
  rather 
  less 
  than 
  

   was 
  found 
  on 
  Cat 
  Point 
  Bar. 
  At 
  the 
  same 
  time 
  fewer 
  young 
  oysters 
  

   were 
  found 
  than 
  on 
  Cat 
  Point 
  Bar, 
  and 
  the 
  oysters, 
  although 
  fairly 
  fat, 
  

   had 
  a 
  somewhat 
  fresh 
  taste, 
  No 
  sj^at 
  was 
  noticed 
  here, 
  nor 
  was 
  there 
  any 
  

   vegetable 
  growth. 
  The 
  probe 
  showed 
  the 
  crust 
  to 
  be 
  about 
  2 
  feet 
  thick. 
  

   Underneath 
  was 
  a 
  layer 
  of 
  soft 
  sand 
  5 
  feet 
  thick, 
  and 
  then 
  hard 
  sand. 
  

  

  The 
  ruling 
  depth 
  of 
  water 
  on 
  the 
  bed 
  is 
  4.]^ 
  to 
  5^ 
  feet, 
  while 
  the 
  water 
  

   on 
  the 
  scattered 
  growth 
  to 
  the 
  westward 
  is 
  7 
  feet, 
  all 
  at 
  low 
  water. 
  

   The 
  scattered 
  growth 
  runs 
  out 
  to 
  the 
  westward 
  until 
  it 
  nearly 
  meets 
  

   the 
  eastern 
  end 
  of 
  Norman's 
  Bar. 
  

  

  East 
  Hole 
  Bar. 
  — 
  This 
  is 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  the 
  large 
  oyster 
  bed 
  of 
  dense 
  

   growth 
  that 
  extends 
  from 
  Bulkhead 
  Bar 
  in 
  a 
  SE. 
  direction 
  to 
  the 
  shore 
  

   of 
  St. 
  George 
  Island. 
  It 
  is 
  nearly 
  2 
  miles 
  long, 
  with 
  an 
  average 
  width 
  

   of 
  three-fourths 
  of 
  a 
  mile, 
  and 
  covers 
  720 
  acres. 
  It 
  has 
  a 
  dei)th 
  of 
  water 
  

   at 
  low 
  water 
  of 
  from 
  4 
  to 
  5 
  feet, 
  except 
  along 
  its 
  eastern 
  edge, 
  where 
  it 
  

   has 
  8 
  or 
  9 
  feet. 
  The 
  oysters 
  on 
  the 
  northern 
  half 
  of 
  the 
  bed 
  are 
  found 
  

   almost 
  entirely 
  in 
  bunches, 
  usually 
  two 
  to 
  five 
  oysters 
  in 
  each 
  bunch. 
  

   They 
  average 
  about 
  thirty-five 
  to 
  the 
  square 
  yard. 
  There 
  is 
  a 
  good 
  

   growth 
  of 
  young 
  in 
  all 
  stages, 
  but 
  no 
  spat 
  was 
  found. 
  On 
  nearly 
  all 
  

   the 
  bunches 
  of 
  oysters 
  were 
  patches 
  of 
  brown 
  or 
  green 
  grass, 
  from 
  4 
  to 
  

   9 
  inches 
  in 
  length. 
  There 
  was 
  the 
  usual 
  colle(5tion 
  of 
  barnacles 
  and 
  

   mussels. 
  No 
  enemies 
  were 
  observed. 
  

  

  The 
  oysters 
  are 
  of 
  fair 
  quality 
  and 
  in 
  rather 
  poor 
  condition. 
  Tbe 
  

   southern 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  bed 
  contains 
  a 
  thick 
  growth 
  of 
  full-grown 
  oys- 
  

   ters 
  in 
  bunches 
  of 
  from 
  three 
  to 
  eight, 
  with 
  young 
  growth 
  attached 
  of 
  

   all 
  ages, 
  from 
  tiny 
  sj)at 
  to 
  a 
  size 
  of 
  2 
  inches. 
  A 
  few 
  of 
  the 
  full-grown 
  

  

  