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Pioneering Lobster Aquaculture In Rhode Island, Michael A. Rice
Pioneering Lobster Aquaculture In Rhode Island, Michael A. Rice
Michael A Rice
The 1898 establishment and operation of a lobster hatchery in Wickford Harbor under the auspices of the Rhode Island Commission on Inland Fisheries is reviewed. Dr. Herman Carey Bumpus a professor at Brown University and director of the United States Fisheries Commission undertook this effort to culture lobsters as a result of a decline in lobster landings, and concern for the stocks. Work at the hatchery led do considerable information about lobster reproductive and larval biology, and pioneering aquaculture methods for the species. By the mid-1920s, the hatchery was producing upwards of a million larvae per year and releasing them …
A Brief History Of Oyster Aquaculture In Rhode Island, Michael A. Rice
A Brief History Of Oyster Aquaculture In Rhode Island, Michael A. Rice
Michael A Rice
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