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The BCF fishing vessel ALOSA. This vessel was operated out of the BCF laboratory at Oxford, Maryland, and used for specimen collection,hydrographic water column observations, and other purposes. Alosa is thegenus for the river herrings or shads. The Oxford Laboratory building is seen to the left of the bow of the vessel.
Credit
NOAA Central Library Historical Fisheries Collection
Photographer
Robert K. Brigham FWS
Display Date
1955 circa
Location
Maryland, Oxford
Collection
Historic Fisheries