1895

LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

 

Bush Act and Callow Act. Dredging of oysters from natural beds prohibited; no harvest of natural beds between June 15-October 31. Prior occupancy given right to purchase. An Act to Protect Eastern Oysters on state lands for 5 years (to allow introduction success/establishment of the species). Repeal of the Act of March 26, 1890.

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1895

“The difference between the titles of the Bush Act and the Callow Act is that the State can only retake the land under the Bush Act title when as an established fact the land has ceased to be used for oyster culture, whereas under the Callow Act the state can take them back at any time.”

Senate Journal of the Legislature of the State of Washington, 1911. P. 606.

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1894

“The [Grays Harbor] district has been settled since 1855, and it is today one of the richest parts of the state of Washington”

Jones, 1894

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1894

Legislative actions

 

Washington Fish Commissioner Crawford calls for laws to protect the transplanted eastern oysters.

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1894

SHELLFISH AND CULTIVATION

 

Razor clams and eastern softshell clams abundant in Willapa Bay at Sealand, south of Oysterville (Jones 1894). 80 barrels of eastern oysters from New York, New Jersey, and Chesapeake Bay moved to Bay Center (Smith, 1895), specifically Palix Channel, over approximately 5 acres (Crawford, 1894). The Palix Channel was chosen by U.S. Fish Commission Naturalist Townsend and Washington Fish Commissioner Crawford due to the firm substrate, extensive native oysters, close proximity to town to prevent poaching, ...

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1893

SHELLFISH AND CULTIVATION

 

Washington Senator Allen lobbied the U.S. Commissioner of Fisheries to bring in eastern oysters; he agreed to establish an “experimental station” in Willapa but this was delayed due to insufficient funds 

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1892

Shellfish and cultivation

 

Washington Fish Commissioner Crawford expressed great interest in growing eastern oysters in Willapa (Crawford 1892).

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1891

LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

 

An Act Relating to Tide and Shore Lands:: state owns natural oyster beds, which cannot be sold or leased. Oyster reserves were established, private ownership prior to statehood reaffirmed.

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1890

“About sixteen years ago [1874] he [Captain Simpson] planted a few barrels in Shoalwater Bay, and six years later [1880] a dozen barrels more. These have thrived most wonderfully, and now are found over the entire bay and in the southern portion of Grays Harbor.”

Crawford, 1890

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