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OYSTER BEDS OF JAMES RIVER, VIRGINIA. 

 Details of Examination of Dog Shoal Rock. 



Station 

 num- 



Date of ex- 

 amination. 



Mean 

 depth 



Character of growth 



Oysters caught per 

 square yard. 



Estimated quantity oys- 

 ters per acre. 



ber. 



ter. 



Spat. 



Culls. 



Counts. 



Seed. 



Market. 



Total. 



79 



Aug. 13,1909 

 Aug. 14,1909 



do 



Sept. 8,1909 



do 



Aug. 14,1909 

 Sept. 3,1909 

 Aug. 13,1909 

 Sept. 8,1909 



do 



do 



do 



Aug. 13,1909 



do 



do 



Aug. 14,1909 

 Sept. 8,1909 



do 



do 



do 



do 



do 



Feet. 

 7.0 

 5.5 

 5.5 

 6.0 

 9.5 

 4.5 

 6.0 

 4.0 

 8.0 

 8.5 

 7.0 

 6.5 

 7.5 

 5.5 

 9.0 

 10.0 

 11.5 

 6.5 

 8.5 

 7.0 

 6.5 

 6.5 





10. 2 so. 3 



9.1 



Bush. 



263 



160 



165 



187 







106 



201 



36 



29 



13 







23 



98 



302 



2 



2 



2 











2 



2 







Bush. 



110 



73 



36 



194 



109 



29 



49 



12 



33 



36 



25 



29 



19 



16 



28 



8 



28 

 

 21 

 

 

 



Bush. 

 373 



103 

 104 

 491 

 493 

 102 



do 



do 



do 



do 



3.7 

 4.2 

 7.4 

 .0 

 1.2 



21.0 

 21.2 

 21.3 

 .0 

 15 2 



6.0 



3.0 



16.0 



9.0 



2.4 



4.1 



1.0 



2.7 



3.0 



2.1 



2.4 



1.6 



1.3 



2.3 



.7 



2.3 



.0 



1.7 



.0 



.0 



.0 



233 

 201 

 381 

 109 

 135 



465 



78 



486 



do 



Very scattering... 

 do 



9.2 21.7 

 2. 4 3. 2 

 .0 4.5 

 .0 2.0 

 .0 .0 

 .6 3.0 

 4.1 



250 

 48 

 62 



492 

 494 

 496 



77 



do 



do 



do 



49 

 25 

 53 



117 



82 

 83 

 101 

 485 

 487 

 490 

 495 

 500 

 501 



do 



do 



do 



do 



do 



do 



do 



do 



do 



6.4 

 .3 

 .0 

 .0 

 .0 

 .0 

 .0 

 .0 

 .0 



42.1 

 .0 

 .3 

 .3 

 .0 

 .0 

 .3 

 .3 

 .0 



318 



30 



10 



30 







21 



2 



2 







FISHING POINT ROCKS. 



These are two beds of considerable extent lying between High 

 Shoal and Naseway Shoal and Fishing Point. The names by which 

 they are known to the oystermen were not learned. One of these 

 beds, embracing scattered and very scattered areas, lies between 

 High Shoal and the Baylor line, almost surrounded by deeper water; 

 the other, which includes dense, scattered, .and depleted areas, lies 

 along the Baylor line inside of Naseway Shoal, from which it is sepa- 

 rated by a channel carrying from 8 to 10 feet at low water. 



The statistics of the rocks are as follows: 



Oyster Growth on Fishing Point Rocks. 



Character of growth of market oysters. 



Area. 



Oysters per acre. 



Estimated 

 content of 



Seed. 



Market. 



market 

 oysters. 



Dense 



Acres. 

 45 

 77 

 47 

 90 



Bushels. 

 185 

 178 

 70 

 30 



Bushels. 

 119 

 82 

 44 

 19 



Bushels. 

 5,355 



Scattering 



6,314 

 2,068 

 1,710 



Very scattering 



Depleted 







Total 



259 





15,447 







It is estimated that on the dense area a tonger could take an average 

 of 10 or 11 bushels of market oysters per day, and on the scattering 

 area about 7 bushels. On the very scattering area the water is rather 

 deep, the beds in this vicinity ranging from about 12 to 22 feet at low 

 water, and although the density of growth is fair as compared with 

 other beds described, this reduces the probable yield to the tonger to 

 an average of between 3 and 4 bushels per day. On the depleted 



