. California fish and game. Fisheries -- California; Game and game-birds -- California; Fishes -- California; Animal Population Groups; Pêches; Gibier; Poissons. -*.•. Seed oysters attached to pieces of shell are scattered on tidal flats. CFish and Game Photo by H. G. Orcutt) Reason for Imports Temperature and salinity conditions do not reach the proper level for a long enough time ordinarilv to permit spawning of imported oysters in the water of our bays. How ever, this seeming shortcoming is more than overcome by the abundance of food organisms in these bays and the very favorable environmen
. California fish and game. Fisheries -- California; Game and game-birds -- California; Fishes -- California; Animal Population Groups; Pêches; Gibier; Poissons. -*.•. Seed oysters attached to pieces of shell are scattered on tidal flats. CFish and Game Photo by H. G. Orcutt) Reason for Imports Temperature and salinity conditions do not reach the proper level for a long enough time ordinarilv to permit spawning of imported oysters in the water of our bays. How ever, this seeming shortcoming is more than overcome by the abundance of food organisms in these bays and the very favorable environment for adults. This results in a very fast growing, meaty ONSter, with prime quality and flavor much in demand by the oyster-consuming public. The Pacific giant oyster is the principal product of the California industry. The young seed oysters are imported from Japan and grown in our bays to meet the great consumer demand in San Francisco and Los Angeles. This market is large and is expanding to include special canned and frozen products. California oystermen enjoy remarkable production from their plantings. They have a crop ready for market in 14 to 20 months from time of planting seed. This is a year shorter than the time required in Washington state and two years shorter than that required in Japan. The shipments of seed oysters from Japan have increased tremendously during recent >ears. With such phenomenal increases in seed plantings, a corresponding increase in landings can be expected. The accumulating effect on landings can be seen in the "Oyster Imports and Landings" table in this section. New Methods With the re-establishment of the industry in 1952, Morro Bay culturists took the lead in oystering by introducing methods in California to \-ield greater landings per unit of area farmed. During the 1954-56 biennium, Humboldt Bay operations have proceeded from test plantings to large scale oystering w ith highly specialized equipment. A modern hydraulic har
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