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Description
Alewife fishing - Manual packing of alewives in cans. Tails will be cut off bya revolving disc and sent to reduction plant. (Image credit: NOAA Central Library Historical Fisheries Collection | Bob Williams)
Credit
NOAA Central Library Historical Fisheries Collection
Photographer
Bob Williams
Display Date
1968 May
Location
Virginia, Potomac River
Collection
Historic Fisheries
NOAA Affiliation
BCF