YEAR I'ins 



Figure 4. Mean annual value (price paid to the fisherman) of shellfish landed 



in New York from LIS area, 1965-1973o Data have not been adjusted to 

 standard dollarso 



Management of State shellfish grounds at the present time is aimed 

 primarily at supervising all activities and establishing policy relating to 

 the leasing of grounds, approval of transfers, collection of rentals and taxes, 

 designation of spaiiming areas, reviewing of permits for dredging or construc- 

 tion, regulating types of gear, and setting minimum size lengths for soft and 

 hard shell clamso 



Management of town-controlled shellfish grounds is focused on the 

 regulation of the resource in regard to "bag limits", season, and size„ Man- 

 agement by private oyster companies consists of predator control, periodic 

 moving of seed oysters to growing areas, and the transfer of marketable oy- 

 sters to nonpolluted waters for cleansing and purif icationo 



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