1918 



Wallace, Dana E. 1953. 



The commercial scale transplanting of Venus in Harpswell and West Bath. 4th 

 Conf. on Clam Research 3 p. (mimeo) . 



Cooperation between towns, clam diggers, and the State of Maine in trans- 

 planting quahogs and rotating digging areas are described. Production records 

 were not yet available. - J.L.M. 



1919 



Wallace, Dana E. 1955. 



The use of equipment and techniques in applied shellfish management. Proc. 

 Natl. Shellf. Assn. 45: 209. 



Maine's hard clam industry depends on natural sets, and survival and growth 

 to commercial size. It is feasible to transplant quahogs. When they are 

 over 1/2 in long they are relatively immune to crab damage. They establish 

 in flats readily and growth is good. Seed is gathered with a portable pump 

 and 2-in suction hose. Catches up to 256 bu/day of clams slightly over 1 in 

 were made with a larger pump. Plantings were 200 to 400 clams/ft 2 . 

 Approximately 2,800 seed clams/min were harvested with a 6 in hose. Damage 

 was negligible. - J.L.M. 



1920 



Wallace, Dana E. 1979. 



State and local management institutions. In Proc. Northeast Clam 

 Industries: Management for the Future. Ext. Sea Grant Advisory Program, 

 U. Mass. and MIT Sea Grant Program, SP-112: 25-29. 



Traces the philosophy of ownership and jurisdiction over clam resources of 

 coastal waters as far south as New Jersey. Local communities have tended 

 to control the harvest, in the interest of the towns and their residents. 

 In the late 18 00s research began, to deal with many unknowns. Whether 

 for public or private use, various laws were passed to control the harvest, 

 by local and by state governments. Much of the success and lack of success 

 of these laws has depended on whether the fishermen understood and accepted 

 them. Fishery agencies have failed to act, at times, because deficiencies 

 existed in communication, or because there were not sufficient manpower, 

 time, or funds to do the job. The hope is expressed that the conference 

 will help to fulfill that need. - J.L.M. 



1921 



Wallace, David H. 1967. 



Statement at Conf. on Pollution of Raritan Bay and adjacent Interstate Waters. 

 3rd Sess., Vol. 3. Fed. Water Pollution Control Admin., U.S. Dept. Interior. 

 Paul DeFalco (ed.) : 1046-1054. 



In the late 19th century the center of New York's oyster industry was located 

 in Princess Bay, a part of Raritan Bay. It was forced to vacate the area as 

 pollution increased. A map shows the part of Raritan Bay set aside for 

 dredging of fill materials, and other areas with high values for fishes, 

 shellfishes, and wildlife. Millions of bushels of clams, (presumably mostly 

 hard clam) were present in N.Y. and N.J. waters of Raritan Bay. Estimated 

 market value was about $40 million, but this was a potential value because 

 the clams were a dangerous public health hazard. All N.Y. waters in the Bay 

 were currently restricted for harvesting shellfishes. Economic loss caused 

 by this closure was estimated at $500,000 annually, and with increased value 

 since 1961 the annual loss for N.Y. alone probably was nearer $1 million. 

 Poaching of shellfishes from closed waters was a continuing threat to public 



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