30 OYSTER BEDS OF JAMES RIVER, VIRGINIA. 



The following observations were made on this bed: 



Details of Examination of Creek Channel Shoal Rock. 



Station 

 num- 



Date of ex- 

 amination. 



Mean 

 depth 

 of wa- 

 ter. 



Character of growth 

 of market oysters. 



Oysters caught per 

 square yard. 



Estimated quantity oys- 

 ters per acre. 



ber. 



Spat. 



Culls. 



Counts. 



Seed. 



Market. 



Total. 



383 



Aug. 26,1909 

 do 



Feet. 

 13.0 

 6.0 



Depleted 



0.0 

 0.0 



0.0 

 1.1 



1.4 

 .2 



Bushels. 

 



7 



Bushels. 

 19 

 3 



Bushels. 

 19 



384 



do 



10 



AARON SHOAL ROCK. 



This is the only bed in Public Ground No. 2, Isle of Wight County. 

 It is almost or quite surrounded by private beds, the boundary stakes 

 of which formed a forest which made it difficult to tell, without spend- 

 ing on the bed more time than its importance warranted, what was 

 planted ground and what was not. 



The following statistics exhibit its present condition: 



Oyster Growth on Aaron Shoal Rock. 



Character of growth of market oysters. 



Area. 



Oysters per acre. 



Estimated 

 content of 



Seed. 



Market. 



market 

 oysters. 





Acres. 



2? 



4 



3 



24 



Bushels. 



129 



135 







112 



Bushels. 



100 



33 



23 



5 



Bushels. 



200 





132 





69 





120 









Total . . 



31 







521 











The dense area forms a very narrow strip along the northern edge 

 close to and among the stakes. Its area could not be very definitely 

 determined without wasteful expenditure of time, but is probably 

 about 2 acres. About 10 bushels of oysters per day could be taken by 

 the tonger. 



On the scattering growth it is estimated that about 4| bushels, and 

 on the very scattering about 3 bushels, per day could be taken. The 

 depleted area is for the most part bare. There is a good growth of 

 young on the dense and scattered areas and at two spots on the de- 

 pleted bottom. 



The following examinations were made. 



