United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries

Report of the Commissioner for 1880

APPENDIX H. THE OYSTER.

XXVII Karl Mobius. THE OYSTER AND OYSTER-CULTURE. By Karl Mobius, professor of zoology at Kiel. Index 683

1 . The sea-flats 685
2. Oyster banks and oystering 689
3. The reproduction of the oyster 692
4. Why are oysters not found over all portions of the sea-flats 696
5. Artificial oyster-breeding in France 698
6. Attempts to introduce the French system of artificial oyster-breeding into Great Britain 702
7. Can the French system of artificial oyster-breeding be carried on in the waters of the German coast 703
8. Can natural oyster-beds be enlarged, and can new beds be formed, especially along the German coast. 707
9. Growth and fecundity of the oyster 713
10. An oyster-bed is a bioconose or a social community 721
11. Concerning the increase in the price of oysters and in the number of consumers and the decrease in the number of oysters 729
12. The chemical constituents and flavor of oysters 732
13. The objects and results of oyster culture 738

XXVIII. Felix Fraiche. A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO OYSTER CULTURE, AND THE METHODS OF REARING AND MULTIPLYING EDIBLE MARINE ANIMALS. By Felixe Fraiche, professor of the natural sciences and mathematics. 759

A. Present condition of the oyster industry upon the coast of France 753

B. The natural history of mollusks and crustaceans 700

C. Causes of the continued depletion of the oysterbeds and the impoverishment of the fisheries 774
I Industry and present methods 781
II. Means and methods of gathering and transporting oyster-spawn 784
III. Preparation of the bottoms. Construction of claires, parks, live-ponds, etc 797
IV. Methods of Working the quires 807
V. Cultivation of mussels 810
VI. Rearing of lobsters and other crustaceans 818

XXIX. M. Coste. REPORT ON THE OYSTER AND MUSSEL INDUSTRIES OF FRANCE AND ITALY By M. Coste 825

A. Artificial oyster beds of Lake Fusaro 825
B. Green oysters of Marenne 834
C. Mussel viers of the Bay of Aiguillon 845
D. Documents relating to the Marine fisheries 857

XXX M. de Bon. REPORT ON THE CONDITION OF OYSTER CULTURE IN 1975. PRECEDED BY A REPORT TO THE MINISTER OF MARINE AND OF THE COLONIES.By M. de Bon, commissary general and director of administrative affairs of the ministry of marine and of the colonies 885

A. Report of Rear-Admiral, the Marquis of Montaignac, Minister of Marine and of the Colonies.
By M. de Bon 885

B. An account of the condition of oyster culture in 1875 887.

XXXI. G. Bouchon-Brandely. REPORT ON OYSTER CULTURE IN THE MEDITERRANEAN.
By G. Bouchon-Brandley. Secretary to the College of France 907

A. Oyster culture in Italy 907
B. Toulon 914
C. Peninsula of Giens 917
D. Berre, Caronte, Thau. Leucate, and Agay 923

XXXII. J. Renaud. AN ACCOUNT OF THE PORTUGUESE AND FRENCH OYSTERS CULTIVATED IN THE BAY OF ARCACHON By J. Renard 931
A. An account of the Portuguese and French oysters 931
B. A new mixture to be placed upon the collectors. Preservation boxes 934
C. The Portuguese oyster from a commercial and oyster-cultural point of view 937
D. Protection of quires, or oyster basins, by means of overhanging strips and wire screens. 939

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XXXIII. A.E. Hausser OYSTER CULTURE IN MORBIHAN. A. REPORT PREPARED IN THE NAME OF THE COMMISSION OF THE COMPETITIVE EXHIBITION AT VANNES. By A. E. Hausser, engineer of roads and bridges. 943

1. Breeding parks in general 947
2 Collectors; liming; formation of breeding parks 957
3. Removal of the young oysters from the collectors; their preservation; enemies of the oyster 972
4. Parks for raising and fattening oysters 981
5. Measures required to insure the prosperity of oyster oulture 988

XXXIV. RESULT OF THE INVESTIGATIONS OF THE NETHERLANDS ZOOLOGICAL STATION RELATIVE TO THE OYSTER AND ITS CULTIVATION AT THE END OF THE FIRST YEAR OF ITS INVESTIGATIONS. Appendix to the Sixth Annual Report of the Zoological Station of the Netherlands Zoological Association 1001

XXXV. P.P.C. Hoek. OYSTER CULTIVATION IN THE NETHERLANDS. By Dr. P.P.C. Hoek 1029

XXXVI H.H. Rasch. ON THE REASON FOR AN EXTRAORDINARILY RICH PRODUCTION OF OYSTERS IN A NATURAL BASIN. By Prof. H. H. Basch 1037

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