The Oyster

About this book

Critical scientific review of oyster management in Chesapeake Bay, first published in 1891. Since the book was first published the oyster harvest has dropped from 15 million bushels a year at the turn of the century to less than 100,000 in 1993. Many of the laws criticised by Brooks are still in place today.

Biography

William K. Brooks was the first Walters Professor of Zoology and director of the biological laboratory at the Johns Hopkins University. He served as oyster commissioner of the State of Maryland in the early 1880s.