OYSTER BOTTOMS OF MISSISSIPPI SOUND, ALA. 



27 



REDFISII GUI.LY. 



Rcdfish gully is a strip of sli<2:htly deeper water lying between the 

 shoals south of Pass aux Herons and the bar, bare at extreme low 

 ticle in whiter, extending for about 800 yards northwest from the tip of 

 Little Dau]:)lnn Island. The shallowest part of this gully has a depth of 

 about o feet at low water, the average^ is about 6 inches deeper and near 

 the western end is a hole in which there is a maximum of 7 feet or more. 

 Tiie oyster bed designated by this name lies in and about the gully. 



The following table shows the extent, character of oyster growth, 

 and estimated content of tliis bed: 



Oyster Growth in Redfish Gully. 





Area. 



Oysters per acre. 



Estimated content of oysters. 



Cluir;u'lt»r of oyslcr i;n)\vth. 



Under 3 

 inc^hes. 



Over 3 

 inches. 



Seed. 



Market. [ Total. 



! 



1 



Dense . 



Acres. 



209 



11 



Bushels. 



231 



26 



Bushels. 

 313 



80 



Bushels. 



48, 279 

 286 



Bushels. 

 65,417 



880 



Bushels. 

 113,696 



Scattering 



1.166 







Total 



220 







48, 565 



66,297 



114,862 









Practically all of this bed consists of dense grow^th, there bemg but one 

 patch of about 1 1 acres of scattering oysters near the northeast edge, 

 where there is a considerable proportion of large oysters of good shape. 



On the dense growth market oysters are least abundant in and 

 about the deeper water in the southwestern part of the bed. The 

 proportion of oysters over 4 inches in length is greatest in the eastern 

 part of the bed, adjoining ^lobile Bay, and it was there that most of 

 the boats were observed working on the bed, although there were 

 three or four schooners operating in the deep hole. 



Details oi<^ Examination of Redfish Gully. 



Angle 

 No. 



156 

 157 

 158 

 159 

 160 

 161 

 193 

 211 

 321 

 322 

 323 

 324 

 333 

 339 

 340 

 341 

 343 

 162 

 163 



Date of 

 examination. 



Nov. 23, 1910 



....do 



....do 



....do 



....do 



....do 



Nov. 24, 1910 



..-.do 



Dec. 8, 1910 



....do 



....do 



....do 



Dec. 9, 1910 



....do 



....do 



....do 



....do 



Nov. 23. 1910 

 ....do 



Depth 



of 

 water. 



Feef. 

 7.00 

 5.00 

 4.50 

 6.00 

 6. 00 

 8.00 

 7.00 

 3.40 

 3.90 

 4.00 

 4.40 

 4.40 

 2.00 

 6.20 

 2.90 

 2.90 

 2.90 

 8.00 



Chnracter of growth. 



Dense. 

 do. 



.do 



.do 



.do 



.do 



-do 



-do 



.do 



.do 



.do 



.do 



.do 



.do 



.do 



.do 



-do 



Scattering . 



6.00 do. 



Oysters canght per 

 ' square yard. 



Estimated quantity oys- 

 ters per acre." 



Spat. 



5.3 



13.8 



8.1 



12. 8 



11.1 



7.3 



13.3 



.0 



11.5 



4.0 



4.4 



2.2 



5.8 



12.3 



13.1 



9.6 



2.1 



2.0 



.0 



Culls. 



20. 

 31. 

 10. 

 26. 

 18. 

 7. 

 14. 

 21. 

 11. 

 19. 

 30. 

 28. 

 42. 

 26. 

 51. 

 22. 

 41! 



Counts. 



Seed. 



Market. 





Bush. 



Bush. 



30.7 



177 



492 



38.1 



317 



010 



27.0 



132 



432 



24.4 



276 



391 



13.3 



206 



213 



14.7 



102 



235 



10.7 



195 



171 



21.9 



147 



350 



11.0 



161 



176 



10.5 



165 



168 



20.0 



241 



320 



10.0 



217 



160 



23.6 



335 



378 



26.9 



270 



430 



28.8 



451 



461 



5.4 



228 



864 



26.3 



307 



470 



3.3 



51 



53 



6.7 







107 



Total. 



Bush. 

 669 

 927 

 564 

 607 

 419 

 337 

 366 

 497 

 337 

 333 

 561 

 377 

 713 

 700 

 912 

 1,092 

 777 

 104 

 107 



