THE SHELLFISH_INDUSTRŸ
305
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quickly grew to edible- size.
From this strange beginning
'
was elaborated the modern method of mussel cultivation on
stakes interwoven with twigs, whiCh now extend for great
distances along the coast giving employment to the in—
habitants
of
several
villages.
This is known
as
the
“
bouchot system,” and
to their
mussels at low tide, going out to the bouchots in_ Small
at—bottomed b0'ats called “acons ” which are usually
pushed along with the help of one foot which projects over
the side of the boat and on which is worn a large sea boot.
.
,
Large bivalve molluscs known _as Clams are extensively
-
collected in North America where they are considered a
great delicacy.
There are two principal varieties eaten,
one ‘knoWn as the soft Glam (Mya arenaria), and the other
known as the hard Glam (Venus mercenam'a) ; the same, or
-
similar, animals are common on British shores Ÿbut'are
seldom eaten, except locally. .The soft
burr_ows in
_
mud or soft sand from which it has to _be dug, and in ,a'
favourable area the population is extremely dense.… In
'
many parts of the north coast o£America dam-culture is a
ourishing industry, young or “ seed f’ clams being plan“ted
in favoura—ble localities, from which the harvest is reaped
in due course.
In this Way the soit clam, originally an
Atlantic animal, has been introduced to the Califorriian
coast where it has found ideal conditions
spread
over
great areas round San Francisco Bay,
The hard
_
clam never appears to form such dense colonies as does the
soft clani, and it hasbecome comparatively‘ scarcè owing
to the reckless way in which it has been gathered, and
not yet cultiva‘ted to the same extent as the soft clam.
_
-
_
-
Of all Molluscan' shellsh the
with its rounded
margins and radiating grooves, "is perhaps the most
_
.
ful, and the shell has been used for ornamentation and as a
.
_
design_èince the beginnings of?Civüization (Plate Ho), Even
_
.
305
.
quickly grew to edible- size.
From this strange beginning
'
was elaborated the modern method of mussel cultivation on
stakes interwoven with twigs, whiCh now extend for great
distances along the coast giving employment to the in—
habitants
of
several
villages.
This is known
as
the
“
bouchot system,” and
to their
mussels at low tide, going out to the bouchots in_ Small
at—bottomed b0'ats called “acons ” which are usually
pushed along with the help of one foot which projects over
the side of the boat and on which is worn a large sea boot.
.
,
Large bivalve molluscs known _as Clams are extensively
-
collected in North America where they are considered a
great delicacy.
There are two principal varieties eaten,
one ‘knoWn as the soft Glam (Mya arenaria), and the other
known as the hard Glam (Venus mercenam'a) ; the same, or
-
similar, animals are common on British shores Ÿbut'are
seldom eaten, except locally. .The soft
burr_ows in
_
mud or soft sand from which it has to _be dug, and in ,a'
favourable area the population is extremely dense.… In
'
many parts of the north coast o£America dam-culture is a
ourishing industry, young or “ seed f’ clams being plan“ted
in favoura—ble localities, from which the harvest is reaped
in due course.
In this Way the soit clam, originally an
Atlantic animal, has been introduced to the Califorriian
coast where it has found ideal conditions
spread
over
great areas round San Francisco Bay,
The hard
_
clam never appears to form such dense colonies as does the
soft clani, and it hasbecome comparatively‘ scarcè owing
to the reckless way in which it has been gathered, and
not yet cultiva‘ted to the same extent as the soft clam.
_
-
_
-
Of all Molluscan' shellsh the
with its rounded
margins and radiating grooves, "is perhaps the most
_
.
ful, and the shell has been used for ornamentation and as a
.
_
design_èince the beginnings of?Civüization (Plate Ho), Even
_
.