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Raft-culture of oysters, used widely in Japan, is under study by Woods HoleLaboratory

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Raft-culture of oysters, used widely in Japan, is under study by Woods HoleLaboratory. The biologist is holding a string of bay scallop shells used tocollect oyster spat. The string of shells will then be hung beneath a raftwhere the spat will grow to adult, commercial-size oysters.

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NOAA Central Library Historical Fisheries Collection

Photographer

Robert K. Brigham

Collection

Historic Fisheries

Keywords

Historic Fisheries