Datasets / Condition and Extent of the Natural Oyster Beds and Barren Bottoms in the Vicinity of Apalachicola, Fla.

Condition and Extent of the Natural Oyster Beds and Barren Bottoms in the Vicinity of Apalachicola, Fla.

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Published By US Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior

Issued over 9 years ago

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A survey of oyster beds in the vicinity of Apalachicola, FL was conducted in 1915. The area of the oyster beds is 7,135 acres, or 11.1 square miles, of which twothirds support dense growth. It is estimated that during the season 19141915 the contents of the beds were 2,627,534 bushels over 3 inches long and 500,629 bushels of smaller ones. The yield for the entire district for 19141915 was about 40 percent less than for the preceding season, due to demand. St. Vincent Bar, which was showing sign of depletion, was closed during the latter half of the 191415 season by order of the State shellfish commissioner.

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