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A History Of Oysters In Maine (1600s-1970s), Randy Lackovic
A History Of Oysters In Maine (1600s-1970s), Randy Lackovic
Darling Marine Center Historical Documents
This is a history of oyster abundance in Maine, and the subsequent decline of oyster abundance. It is a history of oystering, oyster fisheries, and oyster commerce in Maine. It is a history of the transplanting of oysters to Maine, and experiments with oysters in Maine, and of oyster culture in Maine. This history takes place from the 1600s to the 1970s.
Visionary Science Of The “Harvard Barbarians”, Catherine Schmitt
Visionary Science Of The “Harvard Barbarians”, Catherine Schmitt
Maine Sea Grant Publications
For over two months during the summer of 1880, eight young members of the Champlain Society made daily excursions, on foot and by boat, around Mount Desert Island. They collected plants and birds, and dredged small animals from the mud of Somes Sound. They stared at the rocks along shore and took photographs. Under the leadership of “Captain” Charles Eliot, son of Harvard President Charles William Eliot, the students were on the Island for the summer to “do some work in some branch of natural history or science.”