The Aquatic Frontier: Oysters and Aquaculture in the Progressive Era

by Samuel P. Hanes

Although few remember their former significance, oysters were one of the largest U.S. fisheries at their peak in the late nineteenth century. As the fishery industrialized on-and offshore, oyster farms and canning factories spread along the Eastern Seaboard, with overharvesting becoming increasingly common. During the Progressive Era, state governments founded new agencies to cope with this problem and control this expanding economy. Regulators faced...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1625344139
• ISBN13: 9781625344137
• Release Date: May 2019
• Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press
• Length: 246 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 8.9"