26 OYSTER BEDS OF JAMES RIVER, VIRGINIA. 
Details of Examination of Dog 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. 
79 
Aug. 13,1909 
Feet . 
7.0 
Dense 
10.2 
30.3 
9.1 
Bush. 
263 
Bush. 
110 
Bush. 
373 
103 
Aug. 14,1909 
5.5 
do 
3.7 
21.0 
6.0 
160 
73 
233 
104 
do 
5.5 
do 
4.2 
21.2 
3.0 
165 
36 
201 
491 
Sept. 8,1909 
6.0 
do 
7.4 
21.3 
16.0 
187 
194 
381 
493 
do 
9.5 
do 
.0 
.0 
9.0 
0 
109 
109 
102 
Aug. 14,1909 
4.5 
Scattering 
1.2 
15.2 
2.4 
106 
29 
135 
465 
Sept. 3,1909 
6.0 
do 
9.2 
21.7 
4.1 
201 
49 
250 
78 
Aug. 13,1909 
4.0 
Very scattering 
2.4 
3.2 
1.0 
36 
12 
48 
486 
Sept. 8,1909 
8.0 
do 
.0 
4.5 
2.7 
29 
33 
62 
492 
do 
8.5 
do 
.0 
2.0 
3.0 
13 
36 
49 
494 
do 
7.0 
do 
.0 
.0 
2.1 
0 
25 
25 
496 
do 
6.5 
do 
.6 
3.0 
' 2.4 
23 
29 
53 
77 
Aug. 13,1909 
7.5 
Depleted 
4.1 
11.0 
1.6 
98 
19 
117 
82 
do 
5. 5 
do 
6.4 
42.1 
1.3 
302 
16 
318 
83 
do 
9.0 
do 
.3 
.0 
2.3 
2 
28 
30 
101 
Aug. 14,1909 
10.0 
do 
.0 
.3 
• 7 
2 
8 
10 
485 
Sept. 8,1909 
11.5 
do 
.0 
.3 
2.3 ' 
2 
28 
30 
487 
do 
6.5 
do 
.0 
.0 
.0 ; 
0 
0 
0 
490 
do 
8.5 
do 
.0 
.0 
1.7 
0 
21 
21 
495 
do 
7.0 
do 
.0 
.3 
.0 
2 
0 
2 
500 
do 
6. 5 
do .* 
.0 
.3 
.0 
2 
0 
2 
501 
do 
6.5 
do 
.0 
.0 
.0 
0 
0 
0 
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. 
1 Oysters per acre. 
Estimated 
content of 
Seed. 
Market. 
market 
oysters. 
Dense 
Acres. 
45 
Bushels. 
185 
Bushels. 
119 
Bushels. 
5,355 
6,314 
2,068 
1,710 
Scattering 
77 
178 
82 
Very scattei’ing 
47 
70 
44 
Depleted 
90 
30 
19 
Total 
259 
1 
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 
