Built in 1888 by the Rice Brothers shipyard in Bridgeton, N.J., the vessel–which now ferries tourists on Lake Michigan–was then known commonly as a Delaware bay oyster dredge. Its long history ...

The pilothouse and mast will be installed at the boatyard just before launching. The original Ida May dredges near Oyster Bay. Credit: Ida May Project “We’re using 100 percent accurate ...

A project to build a replica of a historic Oyster Bay dredge, which ran aground more than a year ago when its money was exhausted, is afloat again. Work on a reproduction of the 1925 Oyster Bay ...

Over the objections of some Mobile Bay oyster tongers, state officials plan to open the newly restored White House oyster reef to both tongers and boats equipped with oyster dredges. In March ...