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Ranald

Type:: shipwreck, iron-hulled screw steamer
Built:: 1878, Scotland, as Clan Ranald
Specs:: ( 305 x 34 ft ) 2008 gross tons
Sunk:: Tuesday June 4, 1901
foundered when cargo of asphalt melted and shifted - no casualties
Depth:: 40 ft

on port side, pointing south
generally poor visibility, mud bottom
aka "Reynolds"

Shipwreck Ranald NYT

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The Common Oyster Crassostrea virginica, to 10", is the basis of a major fishery, but they occur only in turbid brackish estuaries, conditions generally not conducive to scuba diving. Oysters once dominated the bottom fauna in our local rivers and bays, but are now all but extinct due to pollution and disease. Attempts are being made to reintroduce them in places, and perhaps someday even re-establish the fishery. Disease-resistant Asian Oysters may be the key to this.

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