tonger

Examples

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• Tongers and short-handle rakers could gather 3-9 bushels a day: treaders, two to three bushels a day.

  Academic text (1990)

• The captains bought oysters from tongers in Maryland and Virginia.

  Academic text (1991)

• As a consequence of the small oyster stocks in Virginia, few tongers and planters remain active.

  Academic text (1996)

• Tongers harvested from 1.25 to 2 million bushels of oysters per season.

  Academic text (1996)

• In 1957, most tongers began to harvest oysters that were 40-50 mm long, rather than smaller seed, from the river and sell them to a soup company.

  Academic text (1996)

• In 1995, tongers harvested small quantities of market oysters and about 20,000 bushels of seed from the river (Perok16).

  Academic text (1996)

• Between 1859 and 1959, the tongers may have harvested over 200 million bushels of oyster seed from the river (MacKenzie, In Press).

  Academic text (1996)

• By state law, the tongers could begin oystering on 1 September while the dredging season began later, between 1 October and 1 November in different years (Anonymous, 1902b, 1905d, 1907b).

  Academic text (1996)

• During the busy season, tongers often worked from dawn until dusk to gather enough oysters for the market.

• Many tongers rely on traditional methods handed down through generations to catch oysters in local bays.

Synonyms

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oysterman

vstonger

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A person who gathers, grows, or sells oysters

is specific to collecting by long handled tongs in shallow waters

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