Replication of the oyster dredge Ida May

The Christeen Oyster Sloop Preservation Corp., of Oyster Bay, is slowly replicating the Ida May, a dredge that plucked oysters and clams from Oyster Bay from 1925 to 2003. When it's completed, the Ida May will serve as an educational and public service tool to explain the bay, the estuary and the fishery. Credit: Newsday / Raychel Brightman