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Experiment designed to devise a method to protect recently-set oystersfrom drills by spreading chemically treated sand over the bed. Drills becamequickly swollen and unable to move, while young oysters remained apparentlyunaffected.
Credit
NOAA Central Library Historical Fisheries Collection
Display Date
1960
Location
Connecticut, Milford
Collection
Historic Fisheries