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Aqua Plan Business Planning Software For Coastal Aquaculture, Patricia F. Lacey, Sayra G. Thacker
Aqua Plan Business Planning Software For Coastal Aquaculture, Patricia F. Lacey, Sayra G. Thacker
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No abstract provided.
Cleaning And Preparing The Cownose Ray, John Merriner, Joseph Smith
Cleaning And Preparing The Cownose Ray, John Merriner, Joseph Smith
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Includes recipes for preparing rays.
Characterization Of The Virginia Soft Crab / Peeler Industry, Michael J. Oesterling, Niels Moore
Characterization Of The Virginia Soft Crab / Peeler Industry, Michael J. Oesterling, Niels Moore
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No abstract provided.
Standardizing Fishing Effort & Individual Transerable Effort Programs In The Sea Scallop, Placopecten Magellanicus Fishery, James Kirkley, William D. Dupaul
Standardizing Fishing Effort & Individual Transerable Effort Programs In The Sea Scallop, Placopecten Magellanicus Fishery, James Kirkley, William D. Dupaul
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No abstract provided.
Bycatch In The Virginia Menhaden Fishery: A Reexamination Of The Data, James Kirkley
Bycatch In The Virginia Menhaden Fishery: A Reexamination Of The Data, James Kirkley
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No abstract provided.
Regulating The Blue Crab, Callinectes Sapidus, Fishery In Virginia : Biological And Economic Concerns, James E. Kirkley, William D. Dupaul, Michael J. Oesterling
Regulating The Blue Crab, Callinectes Sapidus, Fishery In Virginia : Biological And Economic Concerns, James E. Kirkley, William D. Dupaul, Michael J. Oesterling
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The blue crab, Callinectes sapiclus, fishery has been one of the most important fisheries of Virginia. The importance of the fishery in terms of commercial activities has substantially increased in recent years in response to declining resource levels of American Oyster, Crassostrea virginica, and a growing international and domestic demand for soft crabs, female hard crabs, and crab meat.
The actual economic importance of the fishery, however, is not well known. For example, what are the employment and earning levels generated by the fishery? What portion of a waterman's household income is derived from crabbing? How much does crabbing contribute …
Vims Juvenile Fish Trawl Survey Juvenile Indices 1979-1994, Chris Bonzek, Patrick J. Geer, Herb Austin
Vims Juvenile Fish Trawl Survey Juvenile Indices 1979-1994, Chris Bonzek, Patrick J. Geer, Herb Austin
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No abstract provided.
The Crab Industry In Venezuela, Ecuador, And Mexico Implications For The Chesapeake Bay Blue Crab Industry, Michael J. Oesterling, Charles Petrocci
The Crab Industry In Venezuela, Ecuador, And Mexico Implications For The Chesapeake Bay Blue Crab Industry, Michael J. Oesterling, Charles Petrocci
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No abstract provided.
Clam Culture: The Possibilities And The Pitfalls, Michael J. Oesterling
Clam Culture: The Possibilities And The Pitfalls, Michael J. Oesterling
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Clam culture in-Virginia has recently received a ·great deal of attention due to the declining production of wild fishery stocks, and to the apparent success of some commercial clam farms. A 1994 survey of Virginia aquaculture by the Virginia Agricultural Statistics Service identified hard clams as the most valuable cultured product in the Commonwealth; production in 1993 exceeded $11 million in gross sales.
Be wary of reports that clam farming is easy and guarantees financial rewards. Farming clams is much more complicated than throwing clams overboard and returning a few years later to harvest them for market. The financial risks …