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A Report To The Oyster Industry Of Virginia On The Biology And Management Of The Cownose Ray (Rhinoptera Bonasus, Mitchill) In Lower Chesapeake Bay, John V. Merriner, Joseph W. Smith
A Report To The Oyster Industry Of Virginia On The Biology And Management Of The Cownose Ray (Rhinoptera Bonasus, Mitchill) In Lower Chesapeake Bay, John V. Merriner, Joseph W. Smith
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The purpose of this report is to: (1) suggest reasons for the recently observed cownose ray predation on Rappahannock River oyster beds and the apparent increased abundance of the ray, and (2) recommend short- and long-term methods to control and/or manage cownose ray predation on commercially important sh1ellfish beds.