Suction dredge QUINNIPIAC

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Photograph; oystering; (courtesy of B.C.F., Milford, CT); suction dredge QUINNIPIAC. Ref: "Oystering from New York to Boston" by John M. Kochiss, Wesleyan Univ. Press, Middletown, CT, 1974, p. 153, caption: "The suction dredger QUINNIPIAC of New Haven used mainly for cleaning ground and catching oyster shells, gathering as many as 200,000 bushels of shell a season. Courtesy of National Marine Fisheries Service." Rubberstamped on back "ROBERT K. BRIGHAM/ U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE/ BUREAU OF COMMERCIAL FISHERIES/ WOODS HOLE, MASS."