1959 Press Photo Wild Life & Fisheries Commissioners examine Black bay shells

Wild Life & Fisheries Commissioners examine Black bay shells. Examining a sample of shells from the Black bay area at a meeting of the oysters, water bottoms and seafood division of the Louisiana Wild Life and Fisheries Commission are, from left, John J. Cutrone, Dr. Lyle St. Amant and James N. M'Connell. Oyster boom. A boom for the oyster industry was indicated today if preliminary surveys of clam shell plantings in Louisiana waters are borne out by late tests.

Photo is dated 1959.

Photo measures 10 x 8.25 inches.