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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.
Credit
NOAA Central Library Historical Fisheries Collection
Display Date
1961 July
Location
Connecticut, Long Island Sound, Milford Laboratory
Collection
Historic Fisheries