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Oyster man

Canada, 1950
film

The story of oyster farming in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, showing the various stages of oyster cultivation: the sampling of minute larvae by Department of Fish..

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Deep sea trawler

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The Empty seas

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Salt cod

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Grand Manan

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Cultured pearls

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