OYSTER BEDS OF JAMES RIVER, VIRGINIA. 

 DEEPWATER SHOALS ROCK. 



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This is considered as including all oyster bottoms within the Bay- 

 lor lines above Mulberry Point. Its condition and extent are as 

 follows : 



Oyster Growth on Deepwater Shoal Rock. 



Character of growth. 



Area. 



Oysters 

 per acre. 



Estimated 

 total con- 

 tent of 

 oysters. 





Acres. 



17 



21 



241 



Bushels. 



129 



57 



12 



Bushels. 

 2, 193 



Very scattering 



1,097 



Depleted 



2,892 







Total. 



279 





6,182 









The comparatively small productive area on this bed all lies within 

 a radius of about 1,000 yards of Deepwater Shoals Light-House, 

 most of it being in the immediate vicinity of the light. The dense 

 area is in two small patches on which there is a sufficient growth to 

 yield an average maximum of about 15 bushels per day of actual 

 tonging. 



The very scattering areas are three in number, all more or less 

 intimately associated with the preceding. They should yield about 

 6 bushels per day at the beginning of the season. 



The depleted area is practically devoid of oysters. On the areas 

 of dense and very scattering growth there is a good covering of shells, 

 and they are also found in ample numbers on the depleted area 

 within a radius of 1,000 or 1,200 yards of the light, but elsewhere the 

 bed is practically denuded. 



The following examinations were made: 



Details or Examination of Deepwater Shoals Rock. 



Station 

 num- 

 ber. 



Date of ex- 

 amination. 



Mean 

 depth 

 of wa- 

 ter. 



Character of growth. 



Oyst 



srs caught per 



square yard. 



Spat. 



Culls. 



Counts. 



4.G 



12. (J 



0.3 



2.1 



12.9 



5.8 



1.2 



17.0 



.9 



1.2 



7.3 



.0 



.0 



.8 



4.2 



.0 



7.7 



3.3 



.9 



■1. U 



3.0 



.3 



2.9 



.0 



.0 



. 2 



.0 



.3 



L.5 



.0 



. 7 



'_'. '_' 



.0 



Estimated 



quantity 



oysters per 



acre. 



270 



285 

 272 

 284 

 28(1 

 288 

 271 

 282 

 283 

 287 



Aug. 23, 



do.. 



Aug. 24, 

 Aug. 23, 

 Aug. 24, 



do.. 



do.. 



Aug. 23, 

 Aug. 24, 



do.. 



do.. 



1909 



1909 

 L909 

 1909 



1909 

 1909 



Feet. 

 4.0 

 9.0 

 8.0 

 5.0 

 10.0 

 8.0 

 7.0 

 G.O 

 5.0 

 6.0 

 7.0 



Dense 



....do 



....do 



Very scattering 



— do 



....do 



....do 



Depleted 



....do 



....do 



....do 



Bushels. 



91 



L38 



L58 



ii 



49 



74 



62 



23 



1 



9 



IS 



