Delaware Inland Bays and Market Oyster (Crassostrea virginica) Quality for Consumption

Table 3

Average hunter , , and values of the oyster samples from closed canal, open water, and local seafood market.

	17 Jun 2013	1 Jul 2013	5 Aug 2013	9 Sep 2013	15 Oct 2013	21 Nov 2013	11 Jun 2014	24 Jun 2014	7 Jul 2014	29 Jul 2014	11 Aug 2014	25 Aug 2014	18 Sep 2014	30 Sep 2014	16 Oct 2014	30 Oct 2014	13 Nov 2014
Closed canal
	51.73	45.73	52.10	55.51	46.20	47.14	67.77	52.80	56.62	51.63	49.56	36.22	61.79	58.67	61.15	52.16	58.94
	2.21	2.54	3.21	2.50	1.55	2.39	2.92	2.02	2.59	2.00	2.46	1.35	3.60	2.03	2.81	1.55	44.08
	13.35	13.51	16.39	18.10	9.85	11.74	16.04	14.75	15.02	13.42	13.06	7.69	17.71	14.55	16.25	12.31	14.98
Open water
	50.57	44.55	47.70	48.26	48.69	39.95	60.68	46.04	51.19	56.40	51.24	47.92	59.45	55.05	51.10	53.65	60.22
	3.13	2.34	0.79	0.86	2.46	0.62	3.18	1.86	3.10	1.53	2.17	1.62	2.70	1.97	1.71	0.07	1.93
	11.61	11.94	11.76	11.99	10.63	8.59	17.25	12.11	15.64	14.92	14.88	12.43	15.28	16.35	14.07	14.72	16.09
Seafood market
	55.66	60.97	62.11	N/A	N/A	N/A	51.00	63.37	61.91	57.59	56.08	51.84	56.56	63.37	57.09	55.13	61.19
	1.52	3.54	2.73	N/A	N/A	N/A	2.79	2.16	2.98	3.15	3.77	2.84	2.11	1.73	2.54	2.45	3.09
	14.61	10.23	18.40	N/A	N/A	N/A	15.00	14.53	15.29	16.53	15.67	15.54	16.19	15.32	14.27	13.37	16.29

N/A, not available.