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A Survey In The Lafayette River For Oysters, Clams And Shell In The Vicinity Of The Colley Avenue Bridge In The Lafayette River, Norfolk, Virginia, Dexter S. Haven, Paul C. Kendall
A Survey In The Lafayette River For Oysters, Clams And Shell In The Vicinity Of The Colley Avenue Bridge In The Lafayette River, Norfolk, Virginia, Dexter S. Haven, Paul C. Kendall
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The purposes of this study are: 1) to survey populations of oysters, Crassostrea virginica, hard clams, Mercenaria mercenaria, soft clams, Mya arenaria, and shell in the immediate vicinity of the Colley Avenue Bridge prior to its widening; 2) to evaluate the present and the possible future opportunity of the area for shellfish culture; and, 3) to estimate the value of the existing stocks of shellfish.