FMIB 39016 Modified coal screen used for cleaning and separating musse...
Modified coal screen used for cleaning and separating mussels Subject: Mussel fisheries--Equipment and supplies Tag: Shellfish
FMIB 39021 Culling mussels by hand
Culling mussels by hand Subject: Mussel fisheries Tag: Shellfish
FMIB 39025 Improved float employed in experiments in mussel culture sh...
Improved float employed in experiments in mussel culture showing one of crates on 'deck' opposite its berth Subject: Mussel culture--Equipment and supplies Tag: Aquaculture, Shellfish
FMIB 39031 Floating crate containing four basketsin which were placed ...
Floating crate containing four baskets...in which were placed the fish infected with mussel glochidia. The first successful attempt to rear mussels was made in this device Subject: Mussel culture--Equipment an... More
FMIB 39040 Girls shucking steamed mussels which are to be canned or pi...
Girls shucking steamed mussels which are to be canned or pickled Subject: Cookery (Mussels), Women fish trade workers, Mussel fisheries Tag: Shellfish
FMIB 39044 Revolving screen cylinder in tank of water used for final c...
Revolving screen cylinder in tank of water used for final cleansing of mussels. Wire baskets for holding mussels are shown at right Subject: Mussel fisheries--Equipment and supplies Tag: Shellfish
FMIB 39045 Mussels at the age of one year and four months, and buttons...
Mussels at the age of one year and four months, and buttons cut from them. These mussels were the product of artificial infection and rearing by the crate method Subject: Pearl button industry, Buttons, Freshw... More
FMIB 39050 Steaming mussels in a process kettle
Steaming mussels in a process kettle Subject: Cookery (Mussels), Mussel fisheries Tag: Shellfish
FMIB 39056 Spiny lobster trap
Spiny lobster trap Subject: Lobster fisheries--Equipment and supplies, Lobster traps Tag: Fisheries techniques, Shellfish
FMIB 39063 Sealing glass jars which have been packed with picked musse...
Sealing glass jars which have been packed with picked mussels Subject: Mussel fisheries, Canneries Tag: Shellfish
FMIB 39064 Floatanchored in the river showing three crates in position...
Float...anchored in the river showing three crates in position supported by adjustable iron hangers which are visible above the float Subject: Mussel culture--Equipment and supplies Tag: Aquaculture, Shellfish
FMIB 41274 Chart of the Principal Pearling Regions
Chart of the Principal Pearling Regions Subject: Australasia--Maps, Oceania--Maps Geographic Subject: Australasia, Oceania Tag: Shellfish
FMIB 42065 Hatching Lobsters, Montauk, N Y, July, 1910
Hatching Lobsters, Montauk, N. Y., July, 1910 Subject: Lobster Culture, Montauk (New York (State)) Geographic Subject: United States--New York (State)--Montauk Tag: Shellfish
FMIB 42099 Larval Lobsters, Lateral View--Third stage
Larval Lobsters, Lateral View--Third stage Subject: Lobsters--Larvae Tag: Shellfish
FMIB 42100 Larval Lobsters, Dorsal View--First stage
Larval Lobsters, Dorsal View--First stage Subject: Lobsters--Larvae Tag: Shellfish
FMIB 42101 Larval Lobsters, Dorsal View--Second stage
Larval Lobsters, Dorsal View--Second stage Subject: Lobsters--Larvae Tag: Shellfish
FMIB 42102 Larval Lobsters, Dorsal View--Third Stage
Larval Lobsters, Dorsal View--Third Stage Subject: Lobsters--Larvae Tag: Shellfish
FMIB 42103 Larval Lobsters, Dorsal View--Fourth stage
Larval Lobsters, Dorsal View--Fourth stage Subject: Lobsters--Larvae Tag: Shellfish
FMIB 42115 Gathering oysters from the mangrove trees, Tumbes
Gathering oysters from the mangrove trees, Tumbes Subject: Oyster fisheries--Peru, Tumbes (Peru) Geographic Subject: Peru--Tumbes Tag: Shellfish
FMIB 42303 Local distribution of the common scallop, Tecten gibbus bor...
Local distribution of the common scallop, Tecten gibbus borealis, whose range extends from Nova Scotia to Florida Subject: Calico scallop--Geographical Distribution, Vineyard Sound (Massachusetts)--Maps, Buzza... More
FMIB 42304 Local distribution of the 'smooth' or nothern scallop, Pect...
Local distribution of the 'smooth' or nothern scallop, Pecten magellanicus, which ranges, on our coast, from Labrador to (off) Cape Hatteras, but which is said to be 'rare and local south of Cape Cod' Subject:... More
FMIB 42825 Nihojima Oyster grounds, showing 'Toya' ground and living g...
Nihojima Oyster grounds, showing 'Toya' ground and living ground Subject: Oyster culture--Japan Tag: Aquaculture, Shellfish
FMIB 42828 Oyster ground near Tamsui, Formosa
Oyster ground near Tamsui, Formosa Subject: Oyster culture--Taiwan, Tan-shui chen (Taiwan) Geographic Subject: Taiwan--Tan-shui chen Tag: Aquaculture, Shellfish
FMIB 42974 Dredging for mussels This vessel operates on the ocean and ...
Dredging for mussels. This vessel operates on the ocean and bays from Princes Bay to Fire Island and gatghers from 200 to 250 bushels a day Subject: Mussel fisheries, Fishing boats Tag: Shellfish
FMIB 42975 Heap of mussel shells, the reslut of a few days' work
Heap of mussel shells, the reslut of a few days' work Subject: Mussel industry, Women fish trade workers Geographic Subject: ` Tag: Shellfish
FMIB 42976 Heap of shells from mussels which have been pickled for the...
Heap of shells from mussels which have been pickled for the New York market. The shells are used as cultch for seed oysters Subject: Shellfish trade, Kitchen middens Tag: Shellfish
FMIB 43014 Cyclops
Cyclops Subject: Cyclops Tag: Shellfish
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 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 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 44242 Siliqua patula, Flat Razor Clam
Latina: Siliqua patula, Flat Razor Clam English: *Subject: Siliqua, Pacific Razor Clam Tag: Shellfish
FMIB 44243 Abalone, Haliotis refescens
Abalone, Haliotis refescens Subject: Abalones Tag: Shellfish
FMIB 44244 Basket Cockle, Cardium corpis
Latina: Basket Cockle, Cardium corpis English: *Subject: Nuttall cockle Tag: Shellfish
FMIB 44895 Razor clams as taken from the beds
Razor clams as taken from the beds Subject: Razor clams Tag: Shellfish
FMIB 44896 Cleaning the Clams
Cleaning the Clams Subject: Clam fisheries, Women fish trade workers Tag: Shellfish
FMIB 44903 Digging Razor Clams
Digging Razor Clams Subject: Razor clams, Clam fisheries Tag: Shellfish
FMIB 44904 Adding Nectar to the Meats
Adding Nectar to the Meats Subject: Clam fisheries, Women fish trade workers, Canned fishery products Tag: Shellfish
FMIB 44905 Washing the Clams by Machinery
Washing the Clams by Machinery Subject: Clam fisheries, Fish canneries Tag: Shellfish
FMIB 46022 Clam Industry
Clam Industry Clam-diggers' boats and shucking-houses at Essex, Mass . Subject: Clam fisheries, Clam industry, Essex (Massachusetts) Geographic Subject: United States--Massachusetts--Essex Tag: Shellfish
FMIB 46025 Lobster Fishery
Lobster Fishery Lobster cove at Lanesville, Cape Ann, Mass., showing boat-houses and lobster-gear Subject: Lobster fisheries, Ann, Cape (Massachusetts), Fishing villages Geographic Subject: United States--Mas... More
FMIB 46028 Lobster Industry
Lobster Industry Lobster-boiling apparatus at Portland, Me . Subject: Lobster fisheries--Equipment and supplies, Portland (Maine) Geographic Subject: United States--Maine--Portland Tag: Shellfish
FMIB 47340 Birgos Latro, Keeling Island
Birgos Latro, Keeling Island Subject: Crabs, Birgos Tag: Shellfish
FMIB 47562 Scallops- View of pecten with left valve removed The gills ...
Scallops: View of pecten with left valve removed. The gills (g), liver (l) and palps (lp) are represented in dotted lines as they are seen through the transparent mantle. As the left lobe of mantle (m) has bee... More
FMIB 47563 Scallops- Changes in form of shell A series of drawings ill...
Scallops: Changes in form of shell. A series of drawings illustrating the changes from the early veliger (the first shell), which is 1/10 of a millimeter in size, to a 2-millimeter scallop. Note (a) change fro... More
FMIB 47564 Plan of biological raft used at Monomoy Point for growth ex...
Plan of biological raft used at Monomoy Point for growth experiments and spat collecting. The raft, 20 feet long by 10 feet wide, provided with a central well and four trap-doors, was anchored to the Powder Ho... More
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 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 47713 Diagrammatic figure of oyster lying in left valve of shell ...
Diagrammatic figure of oyster lying in left valve of shell and dissected to show internal organs, (after Leuckart and Nitsche); a, mouth; b, stomach; c c c, intestines; d, anus; g, gills by which the animal 'b... More
FMIB 47750 Epitonium caamanoi Dall ; Bartsch -1 ; Turbonilla rinella D...
Rumantsch: Epitonium caamanoi Dall ; Bartsch #1 ; Turbonilla rinella Dall ; Bartsch #2 ; Leda Penderi Dall, Dorsal View #3 ;; Leda Penderi Dall, Profile #4 ; Lora Maurellei Dall ; Bartsch #5 ; Mangilia hecetae... More
FMIB 47751 Odostomia youngi Dall ; Bartsch -1 ; Odostomia spreadboroug...
Odostomia youngi Dall ; Bartsch #1 ; Odostomia spreadborough Dall ; Bartsch #2 ; Turbonilla talama Dall ; Bartsch #3 ; Mangilia artaga Dall ; Bartsch #4 ; Turbonilla pesa Dall ; Bartsch #5 ; Odostomia quadrae ... More
FMIB 47754 Marcia subdiaphana Carpenter -1 ; Terebratulina unguicula C...
Marcia subdiaphana Carpenter #1 ; Terebratulina unguicula Carpenter #2/5 ; Pecten alaskensis Dall #6 ; Pholadidea rostrata Vanenciennes #7 ; Pseudopythina rugifera Carpenter, On Foot of Sea-Mouse #8 ; Pseudopy... More
FMIB 47882 Abalone shells and pearls Black abalone (Haliotis cracherod...
Abalone shells and pearls. Black abalone (Haliotis cracherodii)-1; Red abalone (H. rufescens-2; Green abalone (H. fulgens)-3; Common boring mollusc (Pholadidea parva) which causes the formation of blister pear... 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 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 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 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 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
FMIB 48266 Egg--Embryo--Larva--To Youngest Spat
Egg--Embryo--Larva--To Youngest Spat All the figures of this plate are drawn as accurately as they admit of...., so that the relative sizes of different stages may be seen at a glance. They are also oriented i... More
FMIB 48269 Larva and Spat
Larva and Spat Subject: Oysters--Growth, Oysters--Development Tag: Shellfish Public domain photograph of shell, mollusk, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
FMIB 48270 Stages in Development of the Oyster
Stages in Development of the Oyster Diagrams showing the growth of the various organs from egg to spat stages Subject: Oysters--Growth, Oysters--Development Tag: Shellfish
FMIB 48271 Sections of Larvae and Spat
Sections of Larvae and Spat Subject: Oysters--Growth, Oysters--Development Tag: Shellfish
FMIB 48322 Taking Catch to Packing House, Peewit Island
Taking Catch to Packing House, Peewit Island Subject: Oyster industry--England, Packing houses--England Geographic Subject: England--Peewit Island Tag: Shellfish
FMIB 48323 Oysters Packed Ready for Despatch (Packing House Pyefleet C...
Oysters Packed Ready for Despatch. (Packing House Pyefleet Creek.) Subject: Oyster industry--England, Packing houses--England Tag: Shellfish
FMIB 48339 Letter from Sir F Walsingham Desiring Colchester oysters to...
Letter from Sir. F. Walsingham Desiring Colchester oysters to be sent for Queen Elizabeth's entertainment. Dated April 23, 1589 Subject: Walsingham, Francis, Sir, 1530?-1590--Correspondence, Cabinet officers--... More
FMIB 48340 Letter from F Walsingham to Colchester Bailiffs, April 24, ...
Letter from F. Walsingham to Colchester Bailiffs, April 24, 1589 Subject: Walsingham, Francis, Sir, 1530?-1590--Correspondence, Cabinet officers--Great Britainondence--Correspondence Tag: Shellfish
FMIB 48341 Letter for Thanks for Oysters from Sir F Walsingham to Colc...
Letter for Thanks for Oysters from Sir F. Walsingham to Colchester Bailiffs, May 5, 1589 Subject: Walsingham, Francis, Sir, 1530?-1590--Correspondence, Cabinet officers--Great Britainondence--Correspondence Ta... More
FMIB 48344 Seal of Colne Fishery Company
Seal of Colne Fishery Company Subject: Seals (Nusmismatics) -- Great Britain, Colne Fishery Company (Colchester, England)--Insignia Tag: Shellfish
FMIB 48356 Colchester Oyster Fishery -by- Henry Laver, F S A
Colchester Oyster Fishery [by] Henry Laver, F. S. A. Subject: Regalia (Insignia)--Great Britain, Colchester Corporation--Insignia Tag: Shellfish
FMIB 49261 Forms of Surface Life- Young sea snail
Forms of Surface Life: Young sea snail Subject: Snails Tag: Shellfish
FMIB 49264 Pages from the Sea's story- Fossil shells and corals once a...
Pages from the Sea's story: Fossil shells and corals once at the bottom of the sea Subject: Fossils, Shellfish Tag: Shellfish
FMIB 49707 Daphniae
Daphniae... Subject: Daphnia Tag: Shellfish
FMIB 52654 Zoea of Cancer irroratus, Last stage before it changes to m...
Zoea of Cancer irroratus, Last stage before it changes to megalops condition Subject: Cancer (Crustacea) Tag: Shellfish
FMIB 52655 Megalops stage of Cancer irroratus, just after change from ...
Megalops stage of Cancer irroratus, just after change from zoea stage Subject: Cancer (Crustacea) Tag: Shellfish
FMIB 52661 Mysis sternolepis
Mysis sternolepis Subject: Mysis Tag: Shellfish
FMIB 52662 External Anatomy of a Lobster
External Anatomy of a Lobster C, carapace; e, eye; g, gill; m, metastoma; n, endopodite; p, epipodite; x, exopodite; I-VII, abdominal segments; 1, antennula; 2, antenna; 3, mandibles; 4, 5, maxille; 6, 7, 8, m... More
FMIB 52667 Pagurus bernhardus; ch, chela of first right leg; L4, L5, f...
Pagurus bernhardus; ch, chela of first right leg; L4, L5, fourth and fifth legs; t, abdominal torga; up, last pair of appendages, modified to fashion to the columella of the shell in which the hermit lives Sub... More
FMIB 52668 Colony of sea-anemones (Epizoanthus americanus) which had c...
Colony of sea-anemones (Epizoanthus americanus) which had completely covered and absorbed a shell occupied by a hermit-crab (Eupagurus pubescens), which still lived within the cavity. The polyps are not expand... More
FMIB 52671 Hippa talpoida
Hippa talpoida Subject: Emerita Tag: Shellfish