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Selective breeding to improve growth of the eastern oyster is conducted at theBCF Milford Laboratory

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Selective breeding to improve growth of the eastern oyster is conducted at theBCF Milford Laboratory. Oyster spat of differenct hybrids can be seen as smallround discs that have adhered to the scallop shells. a technician willdetermine the growth rates of the various genetic crosses.

Credit

NOAA Central Library Historical Fisheries Collection; P. 452 of Our Changing Fisheries 1970 Centenary NMFS centenary volume

Display Date

1969 circa

Collection

Historic Fisheries