The cultch is the pile of shells and debris that allow oysters to continue to reproduce.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2009-02-01] Reference

In East Bay, state crews put a layer of reef-building materials called cultch on 20 acres of oyster habitat.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Daily News - News] Reference

Nylon strings are hung from the racks with cultch separated by 15-cm spacers along the string.    From Wordnik.com.  [28. Non-toxic aquarium fish-catching] Reference

Need to clean writing-related cultch off the drafting board so I can draw up a house addition.    From Wordnik.com.  [Miscellany] Reference

This kills the organisms that have attached themselves to the cultch and are competing with the oysters for food.    From Wordnik.com.  [28. Non-toxic aquarium fish-catching] Reference

This held back for two nights and a day the heavy cultch floating down stream, and piled up a good deal of water, too, for the boom soon became a regular dam.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ruth Fielding in the Great Northwest Or, The Indian Girl Star of the Movies] Reference

· Materials needed are mangrove or other hardwood poles and bamboo for the racks, used irrigation hose to make spacers for the strings, monofilament fishing lines, and used car tires to cut cultch and to make floats.    From Wordnik.com.  [28. Non-toxic aquarium fish-catching] Reference

The technique is to collect oyster spat (young oysters) in the wild by hanging strings of “cultch” (usually 15 x 10 cm pieces of cut rubber tire), separated by 2. 5-cm hose spacers, from mangrove and bamboo racks in the intertidal zone.    From Wordnik.com.  [28. Non-toxic aquarium fish-catching] Reference

"Hey, Martin, isn't there a gad in the cultch under your office desk?".    From Wordnik.com.  [Joan of Arc of the North Woods] Reference

The purpose of the cultch is to provide habitat for oyster colonization.    From Wordnik.com.  [WN.com - Articles related to Water bills go up in down economy as usage drops from slow manufacturing, real estate, tourism] Reference

The spat attaches to the cultch and eventually turns into the oysters served up at restaurants across the country.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Daily News - News] Reference

The reefs are being restored by distributing over 62,000 cubic yards of cultch material, which consist of oyster shells and limestone.    From Wordnik.com.  [WREG - CLICK HERE FOR MORE LOCAL NEWS] Reference

Oyster shells are the premier cultch material, and much of the tons of oyster shell annually removed either sits piled on land or is sold for other uses.    From Wordnik.com.  [chron.com Chronicle] Reference

After this month, it is felony to carry away the cultch, and otherwise punishable to take any oyster, between the shells of which, when closed, a shilling will rattle.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Book of Household Management] Reference

In the month of May, the fishermen are allowed to take the oysters, in order to separate the spawn from the cultch, the latter of which is thrown in again, to preserve the bed for the future.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Book of Household Management] Reference

I'll take care of the oyster cultch.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2009-02-01] Reference

Science teacher: Blue oyster cultch skip to main.    From Wordnik.com.  [Blue oyster cultch] Reference

Blue oyster cultch.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2009-02-01] Reference

Increasing the availability of "cultch".    From Wordnik.com.  [chron.com Chronicle] Reference

400 strings, with eight cultch pieces on each.    From Wordnik.com.  [28. Non-toxic aquarium fish-catching] Reference