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Oysters. Stealing oysters from oyster beds properly marked out is felony and punishable as simple larceny, i.e., by penal servitude up to three years, or imprisonment up to three years, and, if a male under 16, with or without whipping. Dredging or netting for oysters in a bed is a misdemeanour punishable by imprisonment up to three months, with or without hard labour. See (English) Larceny Act, 1861 (24 & 25 Vict. c. 96), s. 26.Oyster beds are protected by Part III. of the (English) Sea Fisheries Act, 1868 (31 & 32 Vict. c. 45), and a close time for oysters is provided by the Sea (English) Fisheries (Oyster, Crab, and Lobster) Act, 1877 (40 & 41 Vict. c. 42), being between 15th June and 4th August for 'deep sea oysters,' and between 14th May and 4th August for other oysters. See Chitty's Statutes, tit. 'Fish (Sea),'Oysters are included in the term sea-fish; see (English) Sea-Fishing Industry Act, 1933 (23 & 24 Geo. 5, c. 45).An action in rem will lie for damage caused by the negligent...
Oyster
Any marine bivalve mollusk of the genus Ostrea They are usually found adhering to rocks or other fixed objects in shallow water along the seacoasts or in brackish water in the mouth of rivers The common European oyster Ostrea edulis and the American oyster Ostrea Virginiana are the most important species...
Oyster green
A green membranous seaweed Ulva often found growing on oysters but common on stones piles etc...
Oystering
Gathering or dredging for oysters...
Cultch
Empty oyster shells and other substances laid down on oyster grounds to furnish points for the attachment of the spawn of the oyster...
Ostriferous
Producing oysters containing oysters...
oystercatcher
Any one of several species of wading birds of the genus Haeligmatopus having stout legs and bill and mostly black and white plumage which frequent seashores and feed upon oysters and other shellfish The European species Haeligmatopus ostralegus the common American species Haeligmatopus palliatus and the California or black oyster catcher Haeligmatopus Bachmani are the best known...
Pinnothere
A crab of the genus pinnotheres See Oyster crab under Oyster...
Salsify
See Oyster plant a under Oyster...
Bivalve
A mollusk having a shell consisting of two lateral plates or valves joined together by an elastic ligament at the hinge which is usually strengthened by prominences called teeth The shell is closed by the contraction of two transverse muscles attached to the inner surface as in the clam or by one as in the oyster See Mollusca...
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