OYSTER BOTTOMS OF ^VriSSISSTPPT SOrXD, ALA. 

 Details op Examination of Buoy Reef — Contiiuied. 



15 



Angle 



No. 



Date of 

 examination. 



Depth 



of 

 vv^ater. 



Character of growth. 



Oysters caught per 

 square yard. 



Estimated quantity oys- 

 ters ptn- acre." 



Spat. Culls. 



Counts. 



Seed. 



Market. 



Total. 



Iti 



Nov. 21,1910 



do 



Nov. 22,1910 



do 



Nov. 21,1910 



do 



do 



do 



do 



do 



Nov. 22,1910 



do 



Nov. 21,1910 



do 



Nov. 22,1910 

 Nov. 21,1910 

 Nov. 22,1910 

 Nov. 21,1910 



do 



do 



Nov. 22,1910 

 Nov. 21,1910 



Feet. 



8.00 



8.00 



8.00 



8.00 



10.00 



9.00 



8.00 



10.00 



S.OO 



7.50 



7.00 



9.00 



9.00 



9.00 



10.00 



10.00 



10.00 



11.00 



11.00 



10.00 



10.00 



12.00 



Dense 



3.4 



2.5 



1.3 



4.4 



4.5 



5.0 



13.5 



2.8 



14.8 



5.6 



8.9 



6.0 



.0 



.0 



6.7 



.0 



.0 



.0 



7.3 



7.8 



.0 



.0 



29.7 



9.0 



13.0 



21.8 



15.0 



14.0 



9.1 



6.1 



33.0 



3.6 



10.0 



13.0 



.0 



2.5 



8.9 



1.2 



.0 



.0 



6.0 



7.2 



.0 



.0 



9.4 



9.9 



8.7 



27.4 



8.9 



5.0 



5.7 



5.0 



9.1 



2.8 



6.3 



3.5 



4.0 



2.0 



4.5 



.0 



.0 



.0 



.0 



1.1 



.0 



.7 



Busli. 



232 



81 



100 



183 



136 



133 



158 



62 



335 



64 



132 



133 







17 



109 



8 











93 



105 











Bush. 



150 



158 



139 



438 



142 



80 



91 



80 



145 



45 



101 



56 



64 



32 



72 



















18 







11 



Bush. 



382 



17 



do 



239 



(H) 



do 



239 



(17 



do 



621 



47 



Scattering 



278 



48 



do 



213 



54 



do 



249 



49 



do 



142 



50 



do 



480 



37 

 99 

 93 



Very scattering 



do 



do 



109 

 233 

 189 



15 

 19 



do 



do 



64 

 49 



78 

 28 



do 



Depleted 



181 

 8 



89 

 59 



do 



do 





 



60 



do 



93 



tU 



do 



123 



107 



do 







44 



do 



11 









CEDAR POINT REEF. 



This is a long, narrow bed extending from the end of Cedar Point 

 for a distance of about IJ miles toward the wreck buoy. It is now 

 connected with the southernmost bed of Buoy Reef by a very scat- 

 tering growth lying on what was comparatively recently barren 

 bottom, the original zone of separation being indicated by a narrow 

 gully carrying 8 J feet of water lying between depths of about 6 feet 

 on the adjacent parts of the two reefs. It is probable that this very 

 scattering growth is the artificial product of dredging operations. 



The area, density of growth, and estimated content of small and 

 market oysters are shown in the following table: 



Oyster Growth on Cedar Point Reef. 



Character of oyster growth. 



Area. 



Oysters per acre. 



Under 3 

 inches. 



Over 3 



inches. 



Estimated content of oysters. 



Seed. 



Market. Total. 



Dense 



Scattering 



Very scattering 

 Depleted 



Total 



Acres. 



100 



21 



24 



56 



Bushels. 



140 



121 



36 



89 



Bushels. 



340 



130 



41 







Bushels. 



14,000 



2,541 



864 



4,984 



Bushels. 



34, 000 



2,730 



984 







Bushels. 



48,000 



5,271 



1,848 



4,984 



201 



22,389 



37, 714 



60, 103 



The reef consists of a narrow ridge of very dense growth extending 



from the gully above mentioned, flanked by scattering and very 



scattering growths along the southern edge of its offshore half and 



on the northern edge of its inshore half by a fringe which gradualh^ 



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