By 1870, there was a fleet of 40 oyster boats.

"Well, maybe they travel on the oyster boat," Joe suggested.

Conversation among the boys stopped when the oyster boat came into sight around the bluff.

Yet, the oyster boat had come from a marked channel.

The oyster boat came again, so we tried to get a closer look.

They reached the geologists' drilling site to find the oyster boat gone and no one around.

The oyster boat wasn't there, and there was no sign of anyone.

The oyster boat was not there, and the site was abandoned.

Only 25 oyster boats are going out this year, down from 59 in 1991.

Changes had taken place in the personnel of the oyster boats.