The timber would be seasoned by being 'pickled' for several months in shallow tidal ponds.
The rest of the birds were recovered from a tidal pond, he said.
But it is a major Tokyo garden nonetheless, with a tidal pond and bridges covered by wisteria-vine trellises.
The tidal pond also hosted fertile and productive oyster beds.
The species is recognized as having considerable potential for aquaculture in impoundments and tidal ponds, with a reported rapid growth rate.
They studied from canoes the tidal ponds along the National Seashore.
Two hundred eighty feet of boardwalk allow access to the salt marsh tidal ponds that dominate the area.
Portland police officers shot and killed a 900-pound moose in a tidal pond near a busy downtown recreational area.
An estate map of 1640 shows a tidal mill was situated at this location, and the tidal pond is still identifiable.
One also learns to distinguish salt pans, salt-laden tidal ponds, from their freshwater analogues.