The History of the Shellfishing Industry and the Impact of Dutch Settlement

FAIN: GM-10769-76

Suffolk Marine Museum (West Sayville, NY 11796-1812)
Roger B. Dunkerley (Project Director: August 1976 to present)

To plan, with the aid of a consultant in Dutch-American colonial history, a permanent interpretive exhibit detailing the history of the Great South Bay communities, the Shellfishing industry, and interdependence of both with an emphasis on Dutch immigrants and their socio-economic impact on the area and the industry.