California Department of Fish and Game, Marine Resources Region
Abstract
The amount of shellfish imported and planted in State waters is enumerated by species and compared with the previous season. Arrangements were made with the Washington State Department of Fisheries to inspect the bulk of the seed oysters originating in Washington State. One shipment of 1,330 cases of Pacific oyster, Crassostrea gigas, seed was imported from Japan. Adult Eastern oysters, Crassostrea virginica, were inspected upon
arrival in San Francisco. Experimental studies with seed from mortality resistant parents indicate good survival and growth. (5pp.
