FIG. 25. 



FIG. 26. 



FIG. 27. 



FIG. 28. 



FIGS. 25-27. Objects to which small oysters have attached. 



From X. Y. Forest, Fish and Game Commission. 

 FIG. 28. An iron mast hoop from Chesapeake Bay covered by 



thousands of oysters of various sizes. From Va. State Board 



of Fisheries. 



