CIVIC PKuBLEMb KELATi.\(i TU MoLLC^KS ■21'.\ 



A.MOiNi ANi» Value OF Mulluscan Tkoducts in tiil I'xitkd .States' 



The most instructive factor in such problems is hkely to 

 be the causes that work to depress actual l)clow possil)h' 

 resources. Here we shall Hud ignorance of a alu?s, lack of 

 knowledge as to life history of forms and hence of practical 

 means for development, and, above all, in ;niy development 

 of a(|uatic resources, the old, uncivic spirit of piracy, handed 

 down from the times of natural oyster beds, which still holds 

 that anything whatsoever under water belongs to the one 

 who can get it. " Oh yes, this is a tine location for oysters, 

 and I did go to considerable expense and planted a lot, but 



1 Statistics furni.shed by the United States Bureau of Fisheries for 1008. 

 At present the Bureau cannot supply any estimates of possible yields. Fill 

 out the table and keep it up to date as fiirures become available. Make a 

 similar table of actual and possible yields for local waters. 



- Dr. Field's estimate of value of sea nuissels produced in 1015. 



•5 Dr. Field's estimate of iH)Ssible value of sea nuissels i)roduced in any 

 one year. 



