File:FMIB 47731 Inspecting crabs as they are delivered to a run boat.jpeg

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English: E. P. Churchill Jr.
Description
English: Inspecting crabs as they are delivered to a run boat

The inspector is seen standing at the left of the barrel, holding a gauge in the right hand. It is unlawful to catch or market hard crabs less than 5 inches in width. In the background is seen a trot-line boat 'run' by sails

  • Subject: Crab fisheries, Fisheries--Equipment and Supplies
  • Geographic Subject: Chesapeake Bay (Md. and Va.)
  • Tag: Fisheries Techniques
Date 1920.00
institution QS:P195,Q219563
Current location
English: Freshwater and Marine Image Bank
Accession number
47731
Source/Photographer
English: Churchill, E. P. Jr. (1920) Crab industry of Chesapeake Bay, Report of the United States Commissioner of Fisheries for the Fiscal Year 1918, with Appendixes, Washington, DC: Government Printing Office
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Public domain This is a photograph from the Freshwater and Marine Image Bank at the University of Washington. Materials in the Freshwater and Marine Image Bank are in the public domain. No copyright permissions are needed. Acknowledgement of the Freshwater and Marine Image Bank as a source for borrowed images is requested.

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