An oyster schooner is a type of traditional fishing boat specifically designed for the harvesting of oysters.
Typically, an oyster schooner was a gaff-rigged two-masted schooner akin to the Dorchester schooner.
They were used in the past in Delaware Bay until a blight killed most of the oysters in that area.
Meerwald located in Bivalve, New Jersey.
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