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FISHERIES OF THE UNITED STATES. 



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On these maps, red indicates natural oyster ground ; blue, artificial 

 or " planted ; ' beds; purple, interspersed natural and artificial beds ; and 

 pink, "scattered" oysters. Thestrength of the tinting indicates, roughly, 

 the quality, and the variations in color the character, of the several areas. 



Catalogue of maps of oyster beds. 



Locality. 



1-80, 000 

 1-80, 000 



1-80, 000 



1-80, 000 



Cape Cod Bay (extinct beds) 



South coast, Massachusetts, ''Nantucket Shoals to 



Mnskeget Channel." 

 South coast, Massachusetts, Buzzard's Bay, "Mus- 



kegct Channel to Buzzards Bay." 

 Narragansett Bay, " Cutty hunk to Block Island " . . 



Long Island Sound, ' ' Point Judith to Plum Island " . j 1-80, 000 



Long Island Sound, "Plum Island to Welch's ! 1-80,000 



Point." 

 Long Island Sound, "Welch's Point to New York".: 1-80,000 



South coast of Long Island, "Block Island and I 1-80,000 



Montauk Point." 

 South coast of Long Island, "Great South Bay and j 1-80,000 



Fire Island." 



"New York Bay and Harbor" ! 1-80,000 



Coast of New Jersey, "Sandy Hook to Barnegat In- j 1-80, 000 



let." 

 Coast of New Jersey, "Barnegat Inlet to Absecom 



Inlet." 

 Coast of New Jersey, "Absecom Inlet to Cape 



May." 



Delaware Bay, "Delaware Entrance " 



Delaware Bay and River 



Sea-coast of Maryland, 'Cape May to Isle of Wight" 

 Sea-coast _of Maryland, "Isle of Wight to Chinco- 



teague inlet." 

 Sea-coast ol Virginia, " Chincoteague Inlet to Hog 1-80,000 



Island." 

 Sea-coast of Virginia, "Hog Island to Cape Henry". 1-80, 000 

 "Entrance to Chesapeake Bay, Hampton Roads, 1-80,000 



&c." 

 Chesapeake Buy, " York River to Pocomokc Sound". 1-80, 000 

 Chesapeake Bay, '• Poeomoke Sound and Entrance 1-80,000 



to Potomac River." 

 Chesapeake Bay. 'Potomac River to Choptank 1-80,000 



Compiler. 



River. 



Chesapeake Bay, 



River." 

 Chesapeake Bay 



Choptank River to Magothy 1-80,000 



Magothy River to Head of Bay " 



Potomac River, "Entrance to Piney Point " 



Potomac River, "Piney Point to Lower Cedar 



Point." 

 Rappahannock River, 'Entrance to Deep Creek'" . 

 Rappahannock River, "Deep Cree-v to Oceupacia 



Creek." 



York River, " Entrance to King's Creek " 



York River, " King's Creek to West Poinf " 



James River. "Newport News to Point of Shoals 



Strait." 



Point of Shoals Strait to Sloop 



WinyahBay" 



Bull's Bay" 



Long Island to Hunting Island" . 

 ia, "Hunting Island to 



James River, 



Point." 

 South Carolina, 

 South Carolina, 

 South Carolina, 

 South Carolina and Geor 



Ossabaw Island." 

 Georgia, " Savannah to Sapelo Island" .... 

 Georgia, Sapelo Island to Amelia Island" 

 Georgia and Florida, "Cumberland Sound and St 



John's River." 

 Florida, "St. Augustine Inlet to Halifax River". . 



Florida, " Halifax River to Mosquito Lagoon " 



Florida, "Indian River " 



Florida, " Tampa Bay " 



Florida, " Appalachicola Bay to Cape San Bias". . 



Coast of Alabama and Mississippi 



Coast of Mississippi and Louisiana 



Texas, " Galveston Bay to Oyster Bay " 



Texas, " Oyster Bay to Matagorda Bay" 



Mr. Edward P. Cook. 

 Mr. Vinal N. Edwards. 



Do. 



Shell-Fish Commission of Rhode Islaud 



and Lieut. Francis Winslow, U. S. N. 

 Shell- Fish Commission of Connecticut 



and Lieut. Francis Winslow, U. S. N. 

 Shell-Fish Commission of Connecticut 



and Lieut. Francis Winslow, U.S. N. 

 Shell-Fish Commission of Connecticut 



and Lieut. Francis Winslow, U. S. N. 

 Lieut. Francis Winslow, U. S. N. 



Do. 



Do. 

 Do. 



1-80, 000 Midshipman J. B. Blish, U. S. N. 



1-80, 000 Do. 



1-80,000 Do. 



1-80,000 Do. 



1-80, 000 , Lieut. Francis Winslow, U. S. N. 



1-80.000 Do. 



Do. 



Do. 

 Do. 



Do. 

 Do. 



Do. 



Do. 



Do. 

 Do. 

 Do. 



Do. 

 Do. 



Do. 



Do. 

 Do. 



Do. 



1-80, COO 

 1-60, 000 

 1-60, 000 



1-60, 000 

 1-60, 000 



1-60, 000 

 1-00, 000 

 1-40, 000 



1-40, 000 



1-10, 000 

 1-60, 000 

 1-80, 000 

 1-80, 000 



1-80, 000 

 1-80, 000 

 1-80, 000 



1-80,000 

 1-80, 000 

 1-80, 000 

 1-80, 000 

 1-80, 000 



1-80,000 

 1-80,000 ; 



Mr. G. S. Hobbs. 

 Do. 

 Do. 

 Do. 



Do. 

 Do. 

 Do. 



Do. 



Do. 



Do. 

 Mr. Silas Stearns. 



Do. 



Do. 



Do. 

 Master C. McR. Winslow, U. S. N. 



Do. 



