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Method of treating shellfish bottoms invaded by starfish

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Description

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.

Credit

NOAA Central Library Historical Fisheries Collection

Display Date

1961 July

Location

Connecticut, Long Island Sound, Milford Laboratory

Collection

Historic Fisheries