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Michael A Rice

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Pioneering Lobster Aquaculture In Rhode Island, Michael Rice Dec 2007

Pioneering Lobster Aquaculture In Rhode Island, Michael Rice

Michael A Rice

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Pioneering Lobster Aquaculture In Rhode Island, Michael A. Rice Dec 2007

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 …

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A Survey Of Disease In The Oyster Crassostrea Virginica (Gmelin, 1791) In Rhode Island Coastal Estuaries, Retno Andamari, Michael A. Rice, Paul P. Yevich Dec 1995

A Survey Of Disease In The Oyster Crassostrea Virginica (Gmelin, 1791) In Rhode Island Coastal Estuaries, Retno Andamari, Michael A. Rice, Paul P. Yevich

Michael A Rice

The presence of potential pathogens and lesions in American oysters, Crassostrea virginica (Gmelin, 1791), from coastal estuaries in Rhode Island was studied. Oysters were collected by hand or tongs from three stations in the Pawcatuck River, two stations in Narrow River, three stations in Charlestown Pond, and three stations in Green Hill Pond, during July/August 1991, November 1991, March 1992, and May 1992. Oysters were processed for histologic examination and determination of condition index. MSX, Haplosporidium nelsoni (Haskin, Stauber et Mackin, 1966), was detected in four of 480 oysters (0.8%); Sphenophyra sp., 15 of 480 (3.1%); Bucephalus sp. 16of 480 …

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