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Oyster Spatfall In Virginia Rivers: 1988 Annual Summary, Bruce Barber, James Whitcomb Dec 1988

Oyster Spatfall In Virginia Rivers: 1988 Annual Summary, Bruce Barber, James Whitcomb

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The Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS) conducts annual surveys of oyster spatfall ( or "sett.ing") in Virginia waters. This survey provides an estimate of the potential of a particular area for receiving a "striken or set of oysters and helps define the timiug of setting events. In 1988 spatfall was monitored from June 6 to October 16 at a total of forty-two stations (Figure 1). · During this period shellstrings were deployed at each station (0.5m off the bottom) on a weekly basis. A shellstring consists of 12 oyster shells drilled through the center and strung on a piece …


Contribution Of The 1982 And Subsequent Year Class Females To The Virginia 1987 Commercial And Recreational Harvest, Herbert M. Austin Sep 1988

Contribution Of The 1982 And Subsequent Year Class Females To The Virginia 1987 Commercial And Recreational Harvest, Herbert M. Austin

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No abstract provided.


Experimental Studies Of Zinc-65 Uptake Rates By The American Oyster, Crassostrea Virginica With Regard To Salinity, Sediment Concentration, And Body Size, Cheol Mo, Bruce Neilson Aug 1988

Experimental Studies Of Zinc-65 Uptake Rates By The American Oyster, Crassostrea Virginica With Regard To Salinity, Sediment Concentration, And Body Size, Cheol Mo, Bruce Neilson

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Three sets of twelve oysters from the ,James River were placed in three recirculating aquaria dosed with the radioactive tracer zinc-65. All aquaria had the same amount of river bottom sediment which was kept in suspension by the water movement caused by aeration; one aquarium had twice as much tracer as the other two. The salinity of one of the low dose aquaria and. the high dose aquarium was maintained at 18 0/00: the other low dose aquarium was maintained at 1:2 0/00. All other factors were kept constant. Sediment-water-tracer mix was added to the aquaria every 12 hours. Water …


Comparison Of Condition Indicies (K) Of Spot (Leiostomus Xanthurus) From The Elizabeth And York Rivers, Virginia, Kinloch Nelson Aug 1988

Comparison Of Condition Indicies (K) Of Spot (Leiostomus Xanthurus) From The Elizabeth And York Rivers, Virginia, Kinloch Nelson

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Spot from the York and Elizabeth Rivers were taken in 1983, 1984, and 1985. The length to weight ratio was used to find the equation for Condition Index (K). Condition Indices for the two populations were found and plotted against temperature. Regression lines were plotted for each group. From 6 to 19 degrees, the Condition Index of the two populations rises at similar rates. From 19 degrees on, the Elizabeth River Condition Index rises steadily while the York K drops down to approach the levels of winter.


Status Of The Major Oyster Diseases In Virginia 1988, Eugene M. Burreson Aug 1988

Status Of The Major Oyster Diseases In Virginia 1988, Eugene M. Burreson

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No abstract provided.


Impact Of Diseases On The Chesapeake Bay Oyster Industry, Frank O. Perkins Jun 1988

Impact Of Diseases On The Chesapeake Bay Oyster Industry, Frank O. Perkins

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No abstract provided.


The Sea Turtles Of Virginia : With Notes On Identification And Natural History, John A. Musick Jun 1988

The Sea Turtles Of Virginia : With Notes On Identification And Natural History, John A. Musick

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No abstract provided.


Status Of Wild Stocks Of Striped Bass, Herbert M. Austin Apr 1988

Status Of Wild Stocks Of Striped Bass, Herbert M. Austin

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No abstract provided.


Hard Clam Culture Project Preliminary Financial Evaluation, Jeffrey J. Povolny Apr 1988

Hard Clam Culture Project Preliminary Financial Evaluation, Jeffrey J. Povolny

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No abstract provided.


Development And Implementation Of A Catch And Effort Data Collection System For Monitoring Trends In Fishing Success On Virginia's Artificial Fishing Reefs, 1987-1988 : For The Period September 1, 1986 - August 31, 1987 (Work Period Extended To December 31, 1987), Jon A. Lucy, Charles G. Barr, William D. Dupaul Mar 1988

Development And Implementation Of A Catch And Effort Data Collection System For Monitoring Trends In Fishing Success On Virginia's Artificial Fishing Reefs, 1987-1988 : For The Period September 1, 1986 - August 31, 1987 (Work Period Extended To December 31, 1987), Jon A. Lucy, Charles G. Barr, William D. Dupaul

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No abstract provided.


Catch Trends And Fish Utilization In Virginia's Offshore Recreational Pelagic Fishery: For The Period: September 1, 1986 - August 31, 1987 (Work Period Extended To March 31, 1989, Jon A. Lucy, Nancy J. Chartier, William D. Dupaul Mar 1988

Catch Trends And Fish Utilization In Virginia's Offshore Recreational Pelagic Fishery: For The Period: September 1, 1986 - August 31, 1987 (Work Period Extended To March 31, 1989, Jon A. Lucy, Nancy J. Chartier, William D. Dupaul

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No abstract provided.


Study Of Alosa Stock Composition And Year-Class Strength In Virginia - Annual Report 1987, Loisirene Blumberg, Joseph G. Loesch Jan 1988

Study Of Alosa Stock Composition And Year-Class Strength In Virginia - Annual Report 1987, Loisirene Blumberg, Joseph G. Loesch

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This presentation is the annual report for P. L. 89-304, AFC 20 project "Study of Alosa stock composition and year-class strength in Virginia," for the period 1 February 1987 to 31 July 1988. The fishes of concern were the alewife (Alosa pseudoharengus), American shad(A. sapidissima), and the blueback herring(A. aestivalis).


Summaries Of Twenty-Five Years Of Msx Studies In Chesapeake Bay, 1959 To 1983, Jay D. Andrews Jan 1988

Summaries Of Twenty-Five Years Of Msx Studies In Chesapeake Bay, 1959 To 1983, Jay D. Andrews

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Accounts written for the report published in Special Publications of the American Fisheries Society [i.e., Disease processes in marine bivalve molluscs] by Haskin and Andrews in 1987-88.


Alternate Cultch For Bottom Oyster Cultivation, Robert J. Byrne Jan 1988

Alternate Cultch For Bottom Oyster Cultivation, Robert J. Byrne

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No abstract provided.


Public Oyster Shoal Survey - Fall 1988, Bruce Barber, James Whitcomb Jan 1988

Public Oyster Shoal Survey - Fall 1988, Bruce Barber, James Whitcomb

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This report summarizes data collected during 1988 in the Virginia portion of the Chesapeake Bay. The report focuses on the fall oyster survey in Virginia.


Oyster Shoal Survey - Spring 1988, James Whitcomb Jan 1988

Oyster Shoal Survey - Spring 1988, James Whitcomb

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This report summarizes data collected during 1988 in the Virginia portion of the Chesapeake Bay. The report focuses on the spring oyster survey in Virginia.


Effort Restrictions In The New England, Sea Scallop, Dredge Fishery: A Preliminary Analysis, William D. Dupaul, James E. Kirkley Jan 1988

Effort Restrictions In The New England, Sea Scallop, Dredge Fishery: A Preliminary Analysis, William D. Dupaul, James E. Kirkley

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No abstract provided.


Specification And Estimation Of Weight-Length Relationships And Fishery Regulations, William D. Dupaul, James E. Kirkley Jan 1988

Specification And Estimation Of Weight-Length Relationships And Fishery Regulations, William D. Dupaul, James E. Kirkley

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No abstract provided.


At-Sea Volumetric Measures And Monitoring Meat-Count Regulations: The Sea Scallop Fishery, William D. Dupaul, James E. Kirkley Jan 1988

At-Sea Volumetric Measures And Monitoring Meat-Count Regulations: The Sea Scallop Fishery, William D. Dupaul, James E. Kirkley

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No abstract provided.


A Comparative Analysis Of The Effects On Technical Efficiency And Harvest Of Sea Scallops (Placopecten Magellanicus) By Otter Trawls Of Various Mesh Sizes, William D. Dupaul, Edward J. Heist, James Kirkley, Salvatore Testaverde Jan 1988

A Comparative Analysis Of The Effects On Technical Efficiency And Harvest Of Sea Scallops (Placopecten Magellanicus) By Otter Trawls Of Various Mesh Sizes, William D. Dupaul, Edward J. Heist, James Kirkley, Salvatore Testaverde

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No abstract provided.


A Mark-Recapture Study Of Striped Bass In The Rappahannock River, Virginia Annual Report 1987-1988, Joseph G. Loesch, Bruce W. Hill, William H. Kreite Jr. Jan 1988

A Mark-Recapture Study Of Striped Bass In The Rappahannock River, Virginia Annual Report 1987-1988, Joseph G. Loesch, Bruce W. Hill, William H. Kreite Jr.

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Internal anchor tags with external tubes were used to tag 3, 319 striped bass in the Fall of 1987 and 2,024 in the Spring of 1988 in the Rappahannock River. The total number tagged was adjusted to 3,170 and 1,973 by removing from consideration all fish that were at large less than a week. The available stock of striped bass in the Spring contained both young resident fish and mature nonresident fish which left the area of capture after spawning, presumably to migrate north in coastal waters. The exodus of the mature fish after spawning was responsible, in part, for …


Comparative Analysis Of Sea Scallop Escapement/Retention And Resulting Economic Impacts, William D. Dupaul, Edward J. Heist, James E. Kirkley Jan 1988

Comparative Analysis Of Sea Scallop Escapement/Retention And Resulting Economic Impacts, William D. Dupaul, Edward J. Heist, James E. Kirkley

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During the months of June and September 1988, gear experiments were conducted aboard the F/V Carolina Dawn and Carolina Capes. The primary objective of the experiments was to assess the technical efficiency and size selectivity of 3.5-inch ring dredges relative to the current commercially-used 3.0-inch ring dredges. Secondary objectives were to analyze the economic and regulatory ramifications of using 3.5-inch ring dredges to control the age-at-capture and enhance the yield-per- recruit.