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  AREAS 
  OF 
  OYSTER 
  BEDS. 
  

  

  Tangier 
  and 
  Pocomoke 
  — 
  Summary. 
  

  

  .Yards. 
  

  

  Total 
  area 
  in 
  both 
  Sounds 
  occupied 
  by 
  oysters 
  

  

  " 
  " 
  " 
  " 
  " 
  " 
  solid 
  oysters 
  beds. 
  

  

  Ordinarily 
  Scattered 
  

  

  Tliiulv 
  " 
  

  

  Tangier 
  Sound 
  (Solid). 
  .. 
  . 
  

  

  " 
  (Scattered) 
  

  

  Pocomoke 
  Sound 
  (Solid) 
  

  

  " 
  " 
  (Scattered) 
  

  

  Fisiiing 
  Bay 
  (Solid) 
  

  

  " 
  '^ 
  "" 
  (Scattered) 
  

  

  Total 
  area 
  both 
  Sounds 
  covered 
  by 
  oysters, 
  or 
  scattered 
  oyster 
  

  

  425,012,500' 
  

   92,520,000 
  

  

  313,:M.j,000 
  

   19,147,000 
  

  

  Nautical 
  

  

  Sq. 
  Miles. 
  

  

  17,101 
  

  

  44,936 
  

  

  4,519 
  

  

  29,599 
  

  

  875 
  

  

  6,225 
  

  

  in 
  square 
  miles 
  (nautical) 
  1 
  103,255 
  

  

  Note. 
  — 
  Those 
  areas 
  designated 
  as 
  " 
  solid 
  " 
  are 
  those 
  where 
  tiie 
  propor- 
  

   tion 
  to 
  the 
  square 
  yard 
  fell 
  below 
  0.1, 
  or 
  below 
  one 
  oyster 
  to 
  ten 
  square 
  

   yards. 
  

  

  