Sanitation Program of the U.S. Public Health Service, which determines water 

 quality standards and sanitary quality of product. The Bureau of Commercial 

 Fisheries of U.S. Dept. of the Interior is the primary research and de- 

 velopment agency and collector of statistics. Knowledge of local environ- 

 mental conditions as they relate to shellfish production is far from 

 satisfactory. Standing crops and potential yield have never been measured 

 satisfactorily. An inventory would be useful. Information on present 

 scientific and technological knowledge should be compiled for application 

 to solving problems of the Long Island shellfish industry. Some subjects 

 requiring analysis are: 1) legal status of private and public rights to 

 shellfish bottom and resources; 2) economic structure, organization and 

 performance of the private shellfish industry; and 3) role and function of 

 public agencies in regulating and managing the resource. - J.L.M. 



1695 



Smith, Hugh M. 1893. 



Report on the fisheries of the south Atlantic states. Bull. U.S. Fish Coram. 

 for 1891, Vol. XI: 271-356, pis. XLIII-LXXIV. 



The only mollusk of commercial prominence was American oyster. Venus 

 meraenaria was abundant in some areas, and small quantities were taken in 

 N.C., Ga., and Fla. Reported landings of hard clam in 1890 were: N.C. 

 226,152 lbs, $12,090; Ga. 4,000 lbs, $300; Fla. 5,600 lbs, $350. Total 

 landings were 29,469 bu. Landed values of the hard clam catch in 1880 were: 

 N.C. $15,575, S.C. $3,300, Ga. $1,650, and Fla. $20,855. Clam landings are 

 given also by counties. Figures for Fla. are for the east coast only; west 

 coast landings were reported by Collins and Smith 1892 (1893) , abstracted 

 elsewhere in this bibliography. - J.L.M. 



1696 



Smith, J. E. (edj . 1968. 



"Torrey Canyon" pollution and marine life. A report of the Plymouth 

 Laboratory. Cambridge Univ. Press, Cambridge, U.K.,xiv+196 p. 



In a sandy area at Marazion, in the vicinity of the contaminated area, 

 several Venus striatula were found at mid-tide level. They were apparently 

 healthy and not affected by oil or detergent. At St. Michael's Mount, 250 m 

 offshore in water 2 m deep in coarse sand, dead and dying Venus striatula 

 and several other species were found by divers. - J.L.M. 



1697 



Smith, M. 1937. 



East Coast Marine Shells. Edwards Bros., Ann Arbor, Mich., 308 p. 



The section on Venus appears to be identical with the 4th edition (1951), 

 which is abstracted here. We have not seen the title page of this edition, 

 which is probably the first. - J.L.M. 



1698 



Smith, Maxwell. 19 51. 



East coast marine shells. Edwards Brothers, Inc., Ann Arbor, Mich., 4th ed. , 

 revised, vii+314 p. 



Class Pelecypoda, Order Teleodesmacea, Family Veneridae, Venus meraenaria 

 Linne. Shell solid; umbones far forward and projecting nearly to front of 

 shell, also elevated and curved; lunule rough and heart-shaped; blunt point 

 at posterior end of shell; ridges crowded and most conspicuous at ends; 

 interior white, often deep violet outside the muscular impressions; basal 

 and interior margin crenulated. Length 3 inches or more. Many mutations, 

 some hardly deserving separate names. These are produced by temp, food, kind 

 of bottom, and salinity, and other environmental factors. In Pleistocene 

 fossil beds of Sankoty Head, Nantucket Island, are shells remarkable for their 

 variety, some without parallel among the recent species. Nova Scotia to 

 Yucatan. Venus meraenaria notata Say has zigzag brown painting and usually 

 lacks purple coloring. Venus meraenaria subradiata Palmer: the smooth middle 



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