. Commercial fisheries review. Fisheries; Fish trade. 34 COMMERCIAL FISHERIES REVIEW Vol. 17, No. 8 Status of Long Island Oysters Because of the comparatively light sets of oysters occurring in Long Island Sound since 1945 and because of the heavy damage to the crops caused by several severe hurricanes passing over the Sound, the oyster industry entered the 1955 sea- son with a relatively small reserve of oysters. It was hoped, nevertheless, that this summer would be one of heavy set to enable the industry to build up its resources. Whether this hope will be justified was impossible to predict
. Commercial fisheries review. Fisheries; Fish trade. 34 COMMERCIAL FISHERIES REVIEW Vol. 17, No. 8 Status of Long Island Oysters Because of the comparatively light sets of oysters occurring in Long Island Sound since 1945 and because of the heavy damage to the crops caused by several severe hurricanes passing over the Sound, the oyster industry entered the 1955 sea- son with a relatively small reserve of oysters. It was hoped, nevertheless, that this summer would be one of heavy set to enable the industry to build up its resources. Whether this hope will be justified was impossible to predict, according to Bulletin 2, released June 3 by the Service's Biological Laboratory at Milford, Conn. The history of the industry shows that good oyster sets in the open waters of Long Island Sound are not too frequent. Examination of the records available showed that in the last 55 years only 6, or perhaps 7, good general sets occurred in the Sound. The remaining years were either complete failures or so-called marginal years during which heavy sets occurred only in certain rather limited areas. At times a good heavy general set did notoc- , , , , ,j J cur for many years in succession. For exannple. Hauling oysters aboard a Long Island dredger. -j. ⢠, / ⢠j' j iu x ^ it IS known from examination of the records that such was the period of 21 years extending between 1904 and 1925. However, even after that prolonged period of poor setting the industry quickly recovered after the set of 1925 increased the oyster population of the Sound U. S. Foreign Trade EDIBLE FISHERY PRODUCTS, APRIL 1955: United States imports of fresh, frozen, and processed edible fish and shellfish in April 1955 amounted to 57. 2 mil- lion pounds (valued at $ million), according to a Department of Commerce sum- mary tabulation (see table). This was a decrease of 25 percent in quantity and 21 United States Foreign Trade in Edible Fishery Products, April 1955 with Comparisons Item Q
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