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Description
The biologist holds a bay scallop (Argopecten irradians) shell on which may beseen attached oyster spat. The wire mesh bags contain dead oyster shells, alsoused as spat collectors. (Image credit: NOAA Central Library Historical Fisheries Collection | Robert K. Brigham)
Credit
NOAA Central Library Historical Fisheries Collection
Photographer
Robert K. Brigham
Display Date
1955 circa
Location
Massachusetts, Woods Hole
Collection
Historic Fisheries