FMIB 43749 Scallops- View of pecten with left valve and mantle removed...
Pecten irradians English: Scallops: View of pecten with left valve and mantle removed, showing gills (g), palps (lp), foot (f), and lifer (l) Subject: Scallops--Anatomy Tag: Shellfish
FMIB 43750 Scallops- View of Pecten with left valve, mantle (m) and gi...
Pecten irradians English: Scallops: View of Pecten with left valve, mantle (m) and gills (g) removed, showing the heart (ht), visceral mass (vm) and reproductive organs Subject: Scallops--Anatomy Tag: Shellfish
FMIB 43751 Scallops- View of Pecten, shwoing the digestive system
Pecten irradians English: Scallops: View of Pecten, shwoing the digestive system Subject: Scallops--Anatomy Tag: Shellfish
FMIB 43753 Map of the Massachusetts coast, showing the distribution of...
Map of the Massachusetts coast, showing the distribution of the shallow-water scallop (Pecten irradians). The scalloping grounds are indicated by the black areas Subject: Scallops--Geographical distribution--M... More
FMIB 43756 Oyster drill (Urosalpinx cinerea) boring the shell of a sca...
Oyster drill (Urosalpinx cinerea) boring the shell of a scallop. Five drills were found on the specimen, but one rolled off when the photograph was taken. The drill bores a fine hole through the shell by means... More
FMIB 43759 Young oysters, about three months old, attached to the uppe...
Young oysters, about three months old, attached to the upper valve of living scallops, taken at Wellfleet in October, 1908. As these oysters increase in size they prove detrimental to the welfare of the scallo... More
FMIB 43760 Scallops over one year old, as shown by the formation of th...
Scallops over one year old, as shown by the formation of the annual growth line, which is caused by cessation of growth during the winter months. Any scallop which does not possess this annual growth line is l... More
FMIB 43761 Seed scallops, with a small amount of white worm tube (Serp...
Seed scallops, with a small amount of white worm tube (Serpula) attached to the shell. These scallkops have not yet spawned, and, for the future welfare of the scallop fishery, should be protected until they h... More
FMIB 43762 Scallops- Variation in size of scallops The two on the left...
Scallops: Variation in size of scallops. The two on the left are fifteen months old, while the two on the right are 'seed' scallops three months old. The difference in size in scallops of the same age, especia... More
FMIB 43764 Scallop on the left, as indicated by the arrow, has been ki...
Scallop on the left, as indicated by the arrow, has been killed by the oyster drill, which has pierced the shell with a fine hole. A year-old oyster is attached to the scallop on the center, while a Crepidula ... More
FMIB 43768 Scallop Pusher--This implement consists of a wooden pole, f...
Scallop Pusher.--This implement consists of a wooden pole, from 8 to 9 feet long, attached to a rectangular iron framework, 3 by 1 1/2 feet, fitted with a netting bag 3 feet in depth. The scalloper, wading in ... More
FMIB 43769 Scalloping boats between the wharves at Nantucket The cat-b...
Scalloping boats between the wharves at Nantucket. The cat-boats are moored in this fashion after the day's dredging Subject: Fishing boats, Scallop fisheries--Massachusetts, Nantucket Island (Massachusetts) G... More
FMIB 43770 Start Leaving for the scalloping grounds
Start. Leaving for the scalloping grounds Subject: Fishing boats, Scallop fisheries Tag: Vessels
FMIB 43771 Scalloping fleet at work on the beds
Scalloping fleet at work on the beds Subject: Fishing boats, Scallop fisheries Tag: Vessels
FMIB 43772 Dredging
Dredging Subject: Fishing boats, Scallop fisheries Tag: Vessels
FMIB 43773 Emptying the contents of the dredge on the 'culling' board,...
Emptying the contents of the dredge on the 'culling' board, where the scallops are separated from the eel grass and other debris Subject: Scallop fisheries Tag: Shellfish
FMIB 43774 Culling
Culling Subject: Scallop fisheries Tag: Shellfish
FMIB 43775 Landing the catch on the wharf
Landing the catch on the wharf Subject: Scallop fisheries, Fishers Tag: Shellfish
FMIB 43776 Carrying the scallops to the shanties, where they are opene...
Carrying the scallops to the shanties, where they are opened Subject: Scallop fisheries, Fishers Tag: Shellfish
FMIB 43777 Shell heap outside the shanties at the end of the season
Shell heap outside the shanties at the end of the season Subject: Scallop fisheries, Scallops--Processing Tag: Shellfish
FMIB 43778 Finished product, packed in kegs, ready for shipment to mar...
Finished product, packed in kegs, ready for shipment to market Subject: Scallop fisheries, Scallops--Processing Tag: Shellfish
FMIB 47565 Type of pen used in determining the rate of growth of the s...
Type of pen used in determining the rate of growth of the scallop. The sizes ranged from 40 to 400 square feet. The posts were made of 2 by 3 foot joists, fixed in the soil and placed at sufficient intervals t... More
FMIB 47566 Graphic representation of the growth of the average scallop...
Graphic representation of the growth of the average scallop and its gain in volume. Starting September 1 with 1 bushel of 1/2-inch scallops, the increase in volume is represented on the right in terms of bushe... More
FMIB 47567 Nassa obsoleta (the little black winkle of the tide flats) ...
Nassa obsoleta (the little black winkle of the tide flats) devouring a scallop. These little scavengers swarm over the scallop. Occasionally one is active enough to get between the valves, forming a wedge whic... More
FMIB 47569 Spat boxes, lowered from the raft at Monomoy Point, after h...
Spat boxes, lowered from the raft at Monomoy Point, after having been down for the summer. Notice the quantity of barnacles and silver shells (Anomia) which have collected on the outside. Inside, these boxes h... More
FMIB 47570 Method of recording the spawning of the scallop WGVinal, fo...
Method of recording the spawning of the scallop. W.G.Vinal, following the spawning of individual scallops, placed them in separate glass dishes. In this artificial way the time and manner of spawning could be ... More
FMIB 47574 Young, yearling, and two-year-old scallops The small scallo...
Young, yearling, and two-year-old scallops. The small scallops on the left are three months old 'seed,' those in the center are eleven months old and have a growth line near the edge of the shell, while the la... More
FMIB 47576 These scallops show two or three lines which indicate tempo...
These scallops show two or three lines which indicate temporarily arrested growth. A careful distinction should be made between such lines and the annual growth line, which is caused by the non-growth of the s... More
FMIB 47577 Instrument used for measuring the scallops The scallop is p...
Instrument used for measuring the scallops. The scallop is passed down the trianble until it touches on both sides, where the figures indicate its length in millimeters (25.4 millimeters to an inch). The instr... More
FMIB 47578 Two scallops, each fourteen months old, illustrate the diff...
Two scallops, each fourteen months old, illustrate the difference in growth between localities with good and poor circulation of water. The scallops situated in the 'current' receive more food than in the stil... More
FMIB 48192 -Quahog Eggs- -
[Quahog Eggs] : Fig.1.--Mature egg ready for union with male cell . Fig.2.--Spermatozoa (male cells). Note length of tail and shape of head. No attempts were made to study the minute anatomy . Fig.3.--Egg, twe... More
FMIB 48193 -Quahog Eggs- -
[Quahog Eggs] : Fig.15.--Ciliated gastrula, ten hours after fecundation. The embryo Can now swim through the water by means of hairlike cilia. The larger cells have become invaginated . Fig.16.--Trochosphere s... More
FMIB 48194 Young Quahog
Young Quahog . 1 millimeter (1/25 inch) in length, attached to sand grains by the byssus (B). The ssipphon (S) consists of two parts, an incurrent encircle dby twelve tentacles, through which the water enters ... More
FMIB 48195 Young Quahog
Young Quahog . 1 millimeter in size, half buried in the sand. The animal is feeding, water passing in and out of the extended siphon, as shown by the arrows. Subject: Northern quahog Tag: Shellfish
FMIB 48196 Map showing the distribution of the quahaug in Massachusett...
Map showing the distribution of the quahaug in Massachusetts. The black areas indicate ground where quahaugs are found. Subject: Northern quahog--Distribution, Massachusetts--Maps Geographic Subject: United St... More
FMIB 48197 Plan of the Powder Hole, Monomoy Point, Mass, showing the s...
Plan of the Powder Hole, Monomoy Point, Mass., showing the shellfish experiments and laboratory of the Massachusetts Department of Fisheries and Game. The harbor, represented by the dotted lines, is bounded on... More
FMIB 48198 Map of Wellfleet Bay showing the location between the tide ...
Map of Wellfleet Bay showing the location between the tide lines of quahaug growth experiments 101 to 185. Many acres of flats are exposed, owing to the large rise and fall of the tide, which is about 10 3/4 f... More
FMIB 48199 Growth of a quahaug in the raft boxes, Monomoy Point, from ...
Growth of a quahaug in the raft boxes, Monomoy Point, from one and one-half to five and one-half years old, is shown with the corresponding increase in volume. Starting with 1 bushel of one and one-half-year-o... More
FMIB 48200 Diagram of the method used in experimental hatching of quah...
Diagram of the method used in experimental hatching of quahaug eggs and rearing of the young larvae at the Wellfleet laboratory. It represents a cross-section of the laboratory, showing a small 1 1/2 horse pow... More
FMIB 48201 -Quahog-- - Drawing. Public domain image.
[Quahog:] Photograph taken from a model in the Museum of Natural History in New York. The different portions of the anatomy are indicated by the labels. The sympol A. A. and P. A. refer to the anterior and pos... More
FMIB 48202 Exterior of the laboratory at Wellfleet, showing the hatchi...
Exterior of the laboratory at Wellfleet, showing the hatching tubs. This building, formerly an oyster house situated on the Chequesset Inn wharf, was provided in 1908 for the use of the department by Mr. L. D.... More
FMIB 48203 Quahaug farm of Z A Howes at Wellfleet Several hundred bush...
Quahaug farm of Z. A. Howes at Wellfleet. Several hundred bushels of seed quahaugs are planted between the tide lines. The boundaries of the grant are market with stakes, made of slender salpings topped with b... More
FMIB 48204 Small grants for the bedding of the catch at Wellfleet Unde...
Small grants for the bedding of the catch at Wellfleet. Under the Acts of 1904, the inhabitants of Eastham, Orleans and Wellfleet have the privilege of staking off not over 75 feet square of flat for bedding t... More
FMIB 48205 One of the boxes suspended from the raft at Monomoy Point w...
One of the boxes suspended from the raft at Monomoy Point when taken up at the end of the summer. The quahaugs which have been growing in the box are shown in front. On careful examination the notches in the s... More
FMIB 48206 -Quahots- - - Public domain natural history illustration
[Quahots] : These two sizes illustrate the sti ulating effect on growth of current, which acts as a food carrier. In each bet quahaugs of the same size were planted and allowed to remain for three years. The l... More
FMIB 48207 Quahaugs from an experimental bed at Monomoy Point, showing...
Quahaugs from an experimental bed at Monomoy Point, showing two years' growth. The two notches or file marks on the shells indicate the growth per year.... These quahaugs show rapid growth, having gained nearl... More
FMIB 48208 Principal enemy of the adult quahaug is the common winkle o...
Principal enemy of the adult quahaug is the common winkle or cockle (Lunatia duplicata or heros), pictured at the right and left in the illustration. In the corners are quahaug shells, through which a clean co... More
FMIB 48209 Scene along the river front at Fairhaven, showing a quahaug...
Scene along the river front at Fairhaven, showing a quahaug shanty and several skiffs, which are used in raking the small seed quahaugs from the Acushnet River. Owing to the pollution within the restricted are... More
FMIB 48210 Quahaug house of the firm of A D Davis & Co at Wellfleet in...
Quahaug house of the firm of A. D. Davis & Co. at Wellfleet in 1907, one of the receiving agencies for the Wellfleet fishermen. A typical quahaug boat of Wellfleet is snown, waiting to unload its cargo of quah... More
FMIB 48211 Wellfleet quahauging fleet at their moorings in Duck Creek ...
Wellfleet quahauging fleet at their moorings in Duck Creek. Practically all these boats are equipped with gasoline engines, a common type being power cat boats without masts Subject: Fishing boats, Quahoging, ... More
FMIB 48212 Basket rake covered with fine meshed wire netting, used at ...
Basket rake covered with fine meshed wire netting, used at New Bedford and Fairhaven in the capture of the small seed quahaugs in the Acushnet River. Subject: Fishing nets, Quahoging Tag: Shellfish, fisheries Techniques
FMIB 48213 Type of basked rake used for deep water quahauging on Cape ...
Type of basked rake used for deep water quahauging on Cape Cod. It consists of an iron framework, forming a curved bowl, the under-edge of which is set with thin steel teeth varying in length from 2 to 4 inche... More
FMIB 48214 Claw Quahaug Rake
Claw Quahaug Rake . --This rake varies greatly in size and length. Its use is chiefly confined to Nantucket. The general style has a handle 6 feet long, while the iron part, in the form of a claw or talon, wit... More
FMIB 48215 This style of basket rake is used at Edgartown and Nantucke...
This style of basket rake is used at Edgartown and Nantucket. The whole rake is made of iron, no netting being required, as thin iron wires 1/3 of an inch apart encircle lengthwise the entire basket, preventin... More
FMIB 48216 Anatomy of the Oyster
Anatomy of the Oyster . --From a model in the American Museum of Natural History. The right valve and mantle have been removed to thow the internal organs. The oyster may roughly be likened to a book, the valv... More
FMIB 48217 Herring River, Wellfleet, at low water, showing the shells ...
Herring River, Wellfleet, at low water, showing the shells planted for the capture of seed oysters in 1908 on the gravel bar north of Great Island. The shells and pebbles are covered with spat. Subject: Herrin... More
FMIB 48218 Near view of oyster shells on the gravel bar in Herring Riv...
Near view of oyster shells on the gravel bar in Herring River. The set is about three months old. Notice the clean appearance of the shells. Subject: Oyster culture--Massachusetts Tag: Shellfish
FMIB 48219 Oyster seed, mostly two-year olds, attached to the wooden p...
Oyster seed, mostly two-year olds, attached to the wooden piles and the stones beneath Chequesset Inn wharf, Wellfleet, Mass. The abundance of the natural set on such objects indicates that successful spat col... More
FMIB 48220 Oyster spat, one month old, on the shells of the experiment...
Oyster spat, one month old, on the shells of the experimental spat collectors located in Wellfleet Bay, 1908. Various shells, such as oyster, scallop, razor clam, clam, quahaut, silver or jingle shells can be ... More
FMIB 48221 Figs 1-20 illustrate the growth of the seed oysters caught ...
Figs. 1-20 illustrate the growth of the seed oysters caught on small stones. Figs. 1-10 show three-month-old oysters attached to living snails (littorina littorea). Figs. 11-14 show the oysters of the same age... More
FMIB 48222 Three-month-old spat upon stones, which were gathered benea...
Three-month-old spat upon stones, which were gathered beneath Chequesset Inn wharf, Wellfleet Subject: Oysters--Development Tag: Shellfish