SHELLFISH AND CULTIVATION
20,000 gallons of eastern oyster seed shipped to Willapa Bay.
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Shellfish and Cultivation
SHELLFISH AND CULTIVATION
4000 gallons of eastern oyster seed imported to Willapa. State fish commissioner calls for consideration of importation of Japanese oysters (Kershaw 1902). Washington State Fish Commissioner reports that eastern oysters will not propagate in Washington due to temperature after a series of experiments (Doane, in Kershaw 1902). Eastern oysters successfully propagated in Willapa Bay in the vicinity of the Naselle River (Kincaid 1928).
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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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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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