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Boat Tour To Climax Series

DOVER, Del. - A field trip to the state's oyster boat and a tour aboard the craft will climax "Watermen in this Century: the Kent County Oyster Fleet" here Saturday The free lecture and tour are the fourth in a "Man & Bay Together" serise, and will begin at 9 a.m. in the Business Administration Building at Deleware State College just north of Dover on U.S. 13. The series, which explores the past, present and future of Delaware Bay. will peak with a day-long public conference May 18 near Wilmington. PHOTOGRAPHS OF a thriving 1920 oyster fleet will be shown by Dr. Jim Valle, who will present the morning lecture. Valle, chairman of the history and political science department at the college, is a native Californian who moved here in 1968. Interested in maritime history, he has completed studies of the region's bay activities in both Delaware and the Garden Garden State. "Many New Jersey watermen moved their families to Delaware in the 1990's when a new lawprohibited all but state residents from taking oysters from the Delaware side of the bay. At the same time. New Jersey had more than enough oystering families competing for the shellfish." explains Valle HE WILL TALK about the life of the oystermen who not only harvest, but also put down shell beds and move seed oysters to the hay to insure a catch annually In the 50's. MSX diseas hit Delaware Bay oysters and the once major industry never fully recovered While waiting for the return of the oyster, most watermen have taken up crabbing, which requires a smaller and cheaper vessel. For this reason, the handsome woodenbay schooners are becoming obsolete A VISIT TO some of these schooners at Port Mahon will be led by Rick Cole, a Dover native who is supervisor of the Shell Fisheries Division. Delaware Fish and Wildlife, headquartered at nearby Little Creek. The lecture audience will be transported by bus to Port Mahon. the present Kent County oyster port, where the state-owned

oyster boat Ringgold Brothers is docked The group will be able to board the vessel, the keelof which was built in the 1800's. and see the traditional figging and how it works. A working schooner, the Katherine Lee, may also be in port at that time, and the remains of the shucking house are visible "WE'VE HAD fairly good plantings in the last four to five years." says Cole, speaking of oyster seeding activity which his division is responsible for along with maintenance of beds, supervision of harvests and some enforcement of regulations in season. "Man and Bay Together" is presented by the Wetlands Institute of Stone Harbor and Lehigh University of Bethlehem. Penn., through a bi-state grant arranged from the New Jersey Committee on the Humanities Forum. The six Saturday lecture tours are free to the public. The next presentation will be "American Caviar: Sturgeon and Shad Fishing' ' at 9:30 a.m. in the Port Penn Museum at Port Penn. Del . April 20. For additional informa tion, contact the Wetlands Institute project director at 368-1211 in New Jersey or (302) 478-8437 in Delaware Jazz Dance Workshop ATLANTIC CITY The Joanne Reagan Dance Studios conducted a dance workshop recently at the Atlantic Entertainment Studios here The workshop was attended by 40 students from the Ventnor and Cape May areas. The workshop, consisting of jazz technique and choreography, was conducted by instructor Joanne Reagan She was accompanied by Jacqui Romaine, a member of the Reagan Staff Stamp Meet COURT HOUSE - The Cape Stamp Club will meet 7:30p.m. tommorrow at the County Library, Mechanic Street

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