"I was watching you fellows and figuring out whether we'd go
oystering or not.
History of
oystering in the United States and Canada, featuring the eight greatest oyster estuaries.
Oyster closures can also be ordered based on stock assessments and environmental impacts, so before you fish with oysters or go
oystering check with the FWC (myfwc.com, 850-487-0554) and the FDACS (www.floridaaquaculture.com, 800-435-7352).
AoWe were
oystering when nobody else was,Ao Bloom said.
Most were taken to Isla Caribe, where large shell heaps, some nearly 6 in high, laid about where shuckers had left them after many years of pearl
oystering. The heaps had deep holes or trenches that had been dug by women and children who searched for pearls among the discarded shells.
The oystermen had worked out and refined their
oystering procedures for over 100 y, from generation to generation.
Although originally largely a dredge bed industry, it also involved the harvesting of oysters that occur naturally in the intertidal zone, which was called "bank
oystering" (Smith, 1981/82), and is referred to as "bottom culture" in NSW.
4) and other local residents, observing
oystering areas and equipment, and photographing related subjects on Isla del Rey, Casaya, Bolano, and Pedro Gonzalez islands in the archipelago.