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	Moran's Oyster Cottage: renowned for its superb seafood.
		Moran's Oyster Cottage: renowned for its superb seafood.
		The women exchanged high heels for sturdy walking shoes and we trudged through the weeds, rocks, scrub and dirt to the pier, which extends out into Galway Bay.
		Michael, serene and graceful man that he is, acknowledged the applause on this his 80th birthday and made the briefest of speeches in acknowledgment.
	www.moransoystercottage.com /oysterfest.htm (403 words)

	Louisiana Wholesale Seafood Distributor - Info FAQ for Oysters
		The best news is demand is the strongest it's been in years, and that includes the summer months, when IQF raw oysters, plus coldwater oysters from New England and Canada, combine to satisfy America's rekindled appetite for the world's sexiest food.
		Oysters are filter feeders, siphoning 20 to 40 gallons of water a day, a fact that makes them very vulnerable to pollution.
		The event is regarded as a major setback by scientists who wanted to place the sterile oysters in Chesapeake Bay to study their reactions to local parasites that have decimated the native population.
	www.louisianafoods.com /fishfaq/oysters.html (445 words)

	Oyster - MSN Encarta
		The shell of the oyster is irregularly oval in shape; it consists of a left and right valve joined together at the narrow anterior end by an elastic ligament that acts as a hinge.
		The oyster feeds on micro-organisms that are brought into the shell with the current produced by the movement of the cilia and sorted out by the labial palps before they reach the mouth.
		The European oyster and the Olympia oyster of the American Pacific coast are hermaphrodites—that is, their reproductive organs contain both eggs and sperm.
	uk.encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761559707/Oyster.html (564 words)

	Oyster - Search View - MSN Encarta
		The shell of the oyster is irregularly oval in shape.
		The oyster feeds on microorganisms that are brought into the shell with the current produced by the movement of the cilia and sorted out by the labial palps before they reach the mouth.
		The European oyster is classified as Ostrea edulis, the Olympia oyster as Ostrea lurida, and the American bluepoint oyster as Crassostrea virginica.
	encarta.msn.com /text_761559707__1/Oyster.html (664 words)

	oyster. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		Since the oyster spends most of its life (except for the free-swimming larval stage) attached—having fused its valve with a sticky substance to a substratum of shells, rocks, or roots—the foot is rudimentary.
		These oysters are harvested in artificial beds on both coasts of the United States: on the Atlantic especially in the regions of the Delaware and Chesapeake bays and in the waters off Long Island, in the Gulf Coast off Louisiana, and in the Pacific off the state of Washington.
		Oysters are classified in the phylum Mollusca, class Pelecypoda or bivalvia, order Filibranchia, family Ostreidae.
	www.bartleby.com /65/oy/oyster.html (371 words)

	American Oyster (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The oyster is a nonburrowing bivalve with a grayish shell.
		The American oyster life cycle begins with the spawning of eggs by the female and the release of sperm from the male.
		Tongs are used by the watermen to harvest the oyster.
	www.mcps.k12.md.us /curriculum/chesapeake/americanoyster.html (406 words)

	The Bay's Native Oysters: Still Hanging On
		Rocks were placed here to protect the historic Chinese buildings, which might otherwise sink into the mud.
		For now, these shoreline rocks and marina docks are the primary habitat for remnants of an ancient oyster population that was once a mainstay of the Native American diet.
		Oysters and mussels dominated the oldest layers of many mounds, and bent-nose clams dominated the younger layers.
	www.baynature.com /2004octdec/oysters.html (2837 words)

	The Oyster ("Two-Shells", "Pearl-Houses")
		Though the Oyster has no other abilities that strike any as utterly fascinating, many are amazed that this creature still exists even though it has no eyes, ears, or nose, hindering it from the senses of sight, sound, and smell.
		There have been a few attempts to cultivate Oysters, for the purpose of introducing irritants into their shells and thus creating more pearls, but these are so far only in the experimental stage and are not yet commercially viable.
		Oysters are mostly desired for the pearls that they produce, and the Avennorians have made a virtue out of harvesting the sea-gems.
	www.santharia.com /bestiary/oyster.htm (1142 words)

	Committee on Resources-Index (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Oyster restoration began when the Commission of Fisheries (currently the Virginia Marine Resources Commission) and the private oyster industry in Virginia started returning harvested shells to the oyster "rocks" or reefs in the late 1920's.
		Newly-constructed reefs are rapidly populated by oysters, and the oysters grow very fast for the first one to 2 years, but most oysters, even on the ideally constructed reefs, succumb to disease within 2 to 4 years.
		Oysters are critically important in their ability to filter the Bay's waters, to provide a complex habitat for other species in the Bay, and to provide a sustainable, economically viable product for an historic industry.
	resourcescommittee.house.gov /archives/108/testimony/jameswesson.htm (1913 words)

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		Oysters can be found in shallow waters, along the shores, attached to rocks or shells.
		An oyster opens its shell to eat and closes it when it is disturbed or an enemy is approaching.
		An oyster also closes when the tide goes down and it is exposed to the air.
	library.thinkquest.org /5632/oyster.htm (179 words)

	BIOMES: OYSTER DRILL INFO (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The oyster drill is a native of the Atlantic coast from Cape Cod to Florida, but it has been accidentally introduced all over the world.
		Oysters that live in low salinities are protected from this predator but those that grow in full salt water rarely escape being eaten.
		In fact, most oysters are found in low salinities not because they grow better there, but because of the absence of oyster drills and the equally predatious sea stars.
	www.biomescenter.com /oysterdrill_learn.htm (855 words)

	The Perpetual Oyster - Forbes.com (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The oyster is meant to be enjoyed raw or cooked and demonstrating the superiority of one over the other would be as difficult, though as much fun to research, as determining whether red wine was superior to white.
		Most oyster beds were near to shore and the heat of the summer sun would warm the waters too much, resulting in oysters that would spoil faster once exposed to air.
		Oysters were always the preliminary to any good meal--and no self-respecting gourmand would dream of stopping at only a dozen.
	www.forbes.com /2003/11/07/cx_cd_1107feat.html (1634 words)

	America's Wetlands Resource Center
		Oysters are filter feeders, having cilia around their gills to move water into their respiratory chambers.
		Oyster drills feed on oysters by drilling a hole directly through the oyster's shell, everting their stomach through the hole into the oyster's shell, and digesting the oyster.
		When an oyster permit is granted, it applies only to waterways (oysters can't live on land), but, during the application phase, the applicant is granted "protection" for the entire area under consideration, water or not.
	www.loyno.edu /~awresctr/detail_story/wetland_species_stories.htm (4471 words)

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		We use knowledge of the oysters and the estuary to put seed oysters where we think their requirements for optimal growth and survival will be best met, and let nature provide for their needs.
		Today oyster farmers in the Damariscotta River estuary are using aquaculture to continue a pastime of local historical significance.
		The oyster larvae are carried by currents along the shore, often miles from the original aquaculture leases.
	www.oysterfarm.com /areas.html (495 words)

	Oyster Bay Self Catering House Accommodation, ON THE ROCKS, Eastern Cape South Africa
		Oyster Bay was originally a coastal farm called Graskop and since 1956 has slowly developed into a small coastal resort.
		Oyster Bay house is an 8 sleeper holiday home which is only 50 metres from the beach.
		Oyster Bay beach has a network of very high dunes and is a delight for the amateur sand boarder.
	www.wheretostay.co.za /ontherocks-oysterbay (348 words)

	Ladywildlife's Oyster Page
		The Oyster Family: The name oyster has been given to a variety of bivalve mollusks, not all of which are considered true oysters.
		The true oyster is the European flat oyster Ostrea edulis, which is made up of two different sized shells that are irregular in shape.
		Inside the Oyster: The oyster is a mollusk with two hard shells, or valves, attached by a hinge and held together with a strong, triangular muscle.
	ladywildlife.com /animal/oyster.html (833 words)

	Maryland Marine Notes: July-August 99 Spotlight - Oyster Sanctuaries - An Ecological Approach to Restoration
		The billions of eggs and sperm released from large oyster reefs are likely to lead to much higher percentages of fertilized young than eggs and sperm released on small reefs or from oysters that are scattered along the bottom, as is the case in many areas of the Bay.
		While oysters have had improved survival in these last few years, that survival appears to be the result of "wet" seasons, heavy spring and summer precipitation which has kept water salinity low and disease pressure low as well.
		From the perspective of traditional management of the public oyster grounds in the Chesapeake, the call by scientists for permanent reef sanctuaries on public grounds that have historically received natural spat set (the settlement of free-swimming larval oysters) is probably the most radical.
	www.mdsg.umd.edu /MarineNotes/Jul-Aug99 (2186 words)

	General History of the Town of Netarts: Tillamook County, Oregon Coast
		Meares; and excepting a rock passed the preceeding afternoon, these were the first we have seen north of Cape Gregory."
		Known local residents were T.H. McCormick and his father, Captain Portugee Thompson, "Portugee Joe," who lived with his squaw at the head of the bay and had a dairy of about 40 cows.
		Their efforts led President Theodore Taft to designate the rocks a National Wildlife Refuge in 1907.
	www.oregoncoast.com /Netarts/Nhistry1.htm (2719 words)

	Blue Oyster Cult rocks Agoura Hills?
		It is this reporter's hope that Blue Oyster Cult played "Don't Fear the Reaper" for the good folks at the Canyon Dinner Theater (many of whom know the band only for that song) so that the sheer shallowness of the Canyon Dinner Theatre experience is preserved.
		Rock n' roll is about bringing fans together, not pulling them apart.
		Rock n' roll is about songs for everyone, not for the elite (whether by money or age).
	www.usc.edu /student-affairs/dt/V142/N18/05-blueoyster.18d.html (633 words)

	VMRC HISTORICAL HIGHLIGHTS (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Although the Fish Commission was established in 1875, the Virginia Oyster Navy continued to operate separately under the Board of the Chesapeake.
		Their oyster inspection work was generally a sideline to other jobs held in the communities.
		Oyster beds that had been spared by MSX were destroyed by fresh water.
	www.mrc.state.va.us /vmrchist.shtm (1889 words)

	Carolina Morning News on the Web \| Local News - Sun City man organizing 'save the oysters' campaign 07/25/01
		The bags are porous enough that the tiny oyster embryos can easily fit through them, then can latch onto their bigger parents and actually grow through the bags.
		Adult oysters release millions of fertilized eggs each summer, and during their 2- to 3-week development, oyster larvae may be carried great distances from where they were spawned.
		Juvenile oysters, called "spat," require several years to reach harvestable size, but they begin to reproduce within a year, completing the life cycle.
	www.lowcountrynow.com /stories/072501/LOCoysters.shtml (834 words)

	The Countryside Transformed: The Railroad and the Eastern Shore of Virginia, 1870 - 1935
		The oyster question is all important to us and for it to be properly presented before our next Legislature, we believe a definite plan of action must be marked out before the meeting of said body.
		Eight years ago, before so many vessels were engaged in dredging, we had a superabundance of oysters and I could catch as many in a single boat then, as I can now with four vessels of the same size, with all the latest improvements in dredges and winders.
		The cause of the depletion of our oyster rocks, in my judgement, from the experiences and observation, is due to the fact, that small oysters are not protected by law; the season for dredging 5 and a half months is entirely too long, for both the oyster and the boatmen that dredge them.
	www.vcdh.virginia.edu /eshore/showPageTopic.php?xml=/db/eshore/news/pe/pe1891/pe.1891.02.28.xml&showpage=&page=0&pagesize=10 (1024 words)

	oyster knives
		Telling someone to please not drop one's oyster knife is more likely to be interpreted as kind concern for another's foot rather than the survival of the oyster knife.
		Traditionally they are used to enter oysters directly between the shell halves (called valves) either frontally or via side entry on the right side (when beak of oyster points towards opener and the cupped portion of shell is down).
		Although some oyster knife designs are more ideally suited for certain oyster types and sizes, sturdy Bostons are marvelously versatile and very effective at opening just about any type or size of oyster with any chosen opening method (except side-knife method).
	www.oysters.us /oyster-knives.html (4304 words)

	Chesapeake Bay Program - Oyster Drill
		Urosalpinx cinerea, the Atlantic oyster drill, is an oval mollusk that grows to about 1 3/4 inches in length and proliferates on and among rocks, wharf pilings and the rich three-dimensional habitat of oyster reefs along both the Atlantic and Pacific coasts.
		The prolific oyster drill spawns throughout the summer months, laying its eggs in round, capsule-like structures that are anchored by thin stems to pilings, rocks or reefs.
		The oyster drill is no favorite of Chesapeake Bay watermen; however, those who cultivate oysters try to grow them upriver, in lower salinity waters which the oyster can tolerate, but not the snail.
	www.chesapeakebay.net /info/atlanticoysterdrill.cfm (463 words)

	Metroblogging Karachi: Oyster Rocks
		The boat sails inside the dark tunnel and crystal like rocks can be seen on lighting up a torch.
		By the way lets see when they sell these rocks off to some arab entity to be converted into a private resort.
		i've been to those rocks and despite their lack of potential to be converted into a private report style spot, i still feel that our ever willing authorities might sell it if there is some party willing to contest it into a sort of club or something.
	karachi.metblogs.com /archives/2006/11/oyster_rocks.phtml (839 words)

	Oyster Varieties (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Recreational harvesters of Olympia oysters should focus their searches on the underside of beach rocks during extremely low tides.
		Several times the size of the easter oyster, the Pacific or Japanese oyster is the giant of Northwest shellfish beds.
		The meat of this oyster is sweet tasting and rich, with a mild cucumber aftertaste.
	www.wsg.washington.edu /oysterstew/cool/oystervarieties.html (515 words)

	PACIFIC OYSTER (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Oysters prefer firm bottoms, and usually attach to rocks, debris or other oyster shells.
		It is cultivated primarily on oyster farms in protected coastal estuaries; however, some wild beds exist in Washington and British Columbia.
		Presently, many estuarine areas are completely closed to oyster culture and harvest because of bacterial and chemical contamination associated with urban centers, marinas, and sewage outfalls.
	www.psmfc.org /habitat/edu_oyster_fact.html (408 words)

	Chesapeake Bay Journal: Oyster shell game: Once you saw them everywhere, now you donât - May 2001 (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The resulting supply of young oyster larvae (veligers) and juveniles (spat) being deposited on the reef and swept by the tide to nearby locations was prodigious.
		Stevenson and others note that oysters were not just harvested, but reef cores were literally âminedâ at first by hand tongers receiving 2â“4 cents a bushel for living or dead shells, which were burned to produce calcium-based lime.
		When the surficial adult oysters were dredged away, they brought with them, and to their doom, 1â“50 baby oysters at the same time.
	www.bayjournal.com /article.cfm?article=1433&FONT=1 (2495 words)

	Carolina Morning News on the Web \| Local News - Oyster reef gets help 08/01/01
		Their demonstration was simple: pile 25-pound bags of old oyster shells near the existing reef, giving the tiny free-floating baby oysters a place to put down roots.
		There are about 100 oysters in the tiny reef near the causeway on the national wildlife refuge.
		When development is complete, the pinhead-size oysters must attach to a hard substrate, ideally another oyster shell.
	www.lowcountrynow.com /stories/080101/LOCghelp.shtml (479 words)

	The Geologic History of Fossil Butte National Monument and Fossil Basin (The Geologic Structure of Fossil Basin)
		Topographically, the Fossil Basin is bounded by the Crawford Mountains and Tunp Range on the west, by Oyster Ridge on the east, and by the Uinta Mountains on the south.
		Initial faulting of the rocks relieved some of the stress; however, with continued application of compressive forces many stages of folding and faulting were generated.
		This was accompanied by further downwarping in the syncline to the east of the fault and the erosion of uplifted sedimentary rocks on the west side of the fault (Fig.
	www.cr.nps.gov /history/online_books/fobu/sec3.htm (826 words)

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