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Method of treating shellfish bottoms invaded by starfish. It consists ofspreading chemically treated sand by means of a rotary spreader. Experimentsare still in progress to determine the best formula to be used and quantity ofmaterial per acre of bottom needed to eliminate starfish. (Image credit: NOAA Central Library Historical Fisheries Collection)