Tonging is not easier than dredging. If it was, there would have been a lot more oyster fishermen tonging. Whey did the number of licenses go up after dredging?
You finish a lot faster and easier dredging than tonging.
I fished oysters when I got out of high school. I was on the tongs, boat owner was on the cull board and was sacker. It is not an easy job. Not for 15 sacks.
Tonging small clumps on the East side was not as bad as tonging big reefs in West Cove. It was a muther getting them thangs broke off the reefs.
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