Research on oysters in the Gulf of Mexico

Research on oysters in the Gulf of Mexico has been going on for some centuries.
==Recent research==
===HARC===
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Greetings everyone,
I am on the team that is working on an updated management plan for oysters in the Gulf of Mexico. The current plan is 15 years old. This is a request for literature on the socio-cultural aspects of the oyster fishery in the Gulf of Mexico. I’m looking for anything that might be relevant to the task and written in the past 15 years. I am particularly interested in the gray literature….e.g. any presentations that never quite made it to the published paper stage, reports for agencies, unpublished dissertations etc., etc. 
 
Although the data we use will have to pertain to the Gulf States, oyster fishery ethnographies etc from other regions are also helpful in that they can provide a useful guide for work that needs to be done. Also methods for measuring dependency or for regulatory impact review, SIA etc. used in fishing communities is also useful.
Thanks very much.
Pris Weeks, Ph.D.
Senior Research Scientist
Social and Policy Analysis Group
HARC
4800 Research Forest Drive
The Woodlands, TX 77058
(281)364-6049
Oysters
Gulf of Mexico
Category:Gulf of Mexico