A local shellfisherman unloads his harvest at the docks where the quahogs were weighed by local shellfish enforcement agencies before being transferred to the spawner sanctuaries. The shellfishermen were paid for the harvest by the RI DEM.

Image ID: r0021127, NOAA's Restoration Center Collection
Location: Narragansett Bay, RI
Photo Date: Spring 1997
Credit: NOAA Restoration Center, Louise Kane

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