Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Possibilities for Oyster Culture in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands
Very recently the territorial government considered it advisable to attempt development of an oyster industry in Puerto Rico and thought was given to the introduction of the foreign species, Ostrea gigas, which, it was hoped, would establish itself and give sizable '�t tas of a good marketable oyster. Actual importation has been delayed, however, because of difficulties encountered in obtaining the seed oysters and because of the desire to investigate more fully the details of actual planting Operations to be performed.
There is no marketing of locally produced oysters in the Virgin Islands. Some may be gathered and eaten by residents who live close to the few areas where oysters are found, but the majority of the people do not know the local oyster and do not eat it. This oyster is too small in size to be a valuable food oyster and it is not abundant. Frozen oysters are imported to meet the demand and sold at a high price to a limited number of consumers.
The Government of the Virgin Islands is interested in the promotion and development of small industries and agriculture in the islands. The development of the tourist trade requires the establish ment of adequate hotel facilities, which in turn, poses the problem of supplying certain foods and delicacies. The development of an oyster industry would assist this program.
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