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07-14-2006, 05:59 AM
jshepherd
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Vigor,
I think you are confusing the 80's with the 90's. Production in the 80's dropped to 10 tons, with an oyster mortality rate of close to 70%. The 90's showed the largest harvests with another drop to under 20 tons in 2001.
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