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Anoyster schooner is a type oftraditional fishing boat specifically designed for the harvesting ofoysters. Typically, an oyster schooner was agaff-rigged two-mastedschooner akin to the Dorchester schooner. They were used in the past inDelaware Bay until a blight killed most of the oysters in that area. A surviving example is theA.J. Meerwald located inBivalve, New Jersey.[1]
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