LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS
Washington State Legislature appropriates $7500 for eastern oyster culture, and approves dredging of subtidal cultivated oysters.
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SHELLFISH AND CULTIVATION
Attempts to propagate eastern oysters to date were failures due to the Palix River planting experiment having been buried by sediment from the river (Little, 1901). Growers suggest natural bed closures be adjusted to March 15- June 15. In Willapa, 2200 acres are under cultivation (Little, 1898).
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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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“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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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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