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<DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;font-size:12pt"><DIV><DIV><P><SPAN>Conditions of productivity in this layer were determined by 1) the known presence of productive bottom replenished through various state restoration efforts, and 2) the presence of suitable substrate material which include oyster rock, shell, and shell mixed with sand. Sources for determining productive bottom came from three primary databases: the VMRC’s Conservation and Replenishment Department (CRD), the Virginia Institute of Marine Science’s Virginia Oyster Stock Assessment and Replenishment Archive (VOSARA) (https://cmap22.vims.edu/VOSARA/), and the Haven et al. (1981) sub-aqueous bottom surveys. This layer has been dissolved on suitability type.</SPAN></P></DIV></DIV></DIV> |