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Oyster Dredge Watches Start of Chesapeake Season in Salted Tide
An old newspaper tale describes oyster boats starting August 31 near Chesapeake Bay and a restaurant patron in a city “hash house” craving fried oysters as tides turn to September 1. It outlines bed starts, guard boats, gear upgrades, and the biology and markets for oysters, noting Baltimore and New York trade and global species.
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