. Coast watch. Marine resources; Oceanography; Coastal zone management; Coastal ecology. By Nancy Davis STRIKES OYSTER CROP. And Maryland, a state that once was the biggest supplier of oysters on the East Coast and claimed harvests of as much as million bushels of oysters a year, now records about half a million bushels a year, Webster says. In North Carolina, about 50 per- cent of the state's oyster crop is dead, estimates Mike Marshall, chief of DMF's Fisheries Development Section. He attributes most of the oyster mortalities to Dermo. Under normal circumstances, as much as 5 to 10 perce
. Coast watch. Marine resources; Oceanography; Coastal zone management; Coastal ecology. By Nancy Davis STRIKES OYSTER CROP. And Maryland, a state that once was the biggest supplier of oysters on the East Coast and claimed harvests of as much as million bushels of oysters a year, now records about half a million bushels a year, Webster says. In North Carolina, about 50 per- cent of the state's oyster crop is dead, estimates Mike Marshall, chief of DMF's Fisheries Development Section. He attributes most of the oyster mortalities to Dermo. Under normal circumstances, as much as 5 to 10 percent of the oysters die each year, Marshall says. Last year, even though most of the shellfish beds were closed to red tide just a few weeks after opening, the state recorded one of its best harvests of oysters. Fishermen gathered 225,000 bushels of the bivalves at a value of $ million, Marshall says. Then, Marshall estimates an oys- terman on the Newport River could bring in 15 to 18 bushels of oysters a day. This year, that same oysterman would be lucky to find three to five bushels, he says. Continued on next page. Newport River oystermen say as much as 90 percent of their oysters are Photo by Nancy Davis. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original UNC Sea Grant College Program. [Raleigh, N. C. : UNC Sea Grant College Program]
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