DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND LABOR 

 BUREAU OF FISHERIES 



GBORGE M. BOWERS, Conux\lt«ian«t 



SKiicmallJMciiY 



CONDITION AND EXTENT OF THE NATURAL 



OYSTER BEDS AND BARREN BOTTOMS OF 



MISSISSIPPI SOUND, ALABAMA 



By Ht F* WooRE 



Assistant in Charge of Scientific Inquiry 



Bureau of Fisheries Document No. 769 



WASHINGTON 



GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 



1913 



