| This report has been achieved during a work as short-term consultant in Chesapeake Biological Laboratory (University of Maryland) in the Laboratory of Prof. B. J. Rothschild, for a period from July 7 to August 7 1989 and at Ifremer Laboratory of La Tremblade. The terms of reference of the consultance were : to compare the oyster fishery researches between the Chesapeake Bay and Europe, particularly in reference to the French coast. To evaluate the on-going Chesapeake Bay oyster stock assessment project and to provide its comments and recommendations. To work on spat settlement in the Bay. This study was funded by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, by the Maryland Department of Natural Resources under contract F 1666-89-008 and by the... |
