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Oystermen get permits to work those public beds, harvesting seed oysters to transplant to their own grounds.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 14, 2021

Oystermen started diking tidelands and cultivating the precious bivalves like a crop — and for a while, they prospered.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 22, 2019

Oystermen and charter boat captains lost months and, in some cases, years of work.

From BusinessWeek • Jun. 27, 2013

Oystermen plant small shellfish in beds to grow and later be harvested.

From Washington Post • Oct. 10, 2011

"Oystermen do not carry modern arms," Joshua Barney said curtly.

From Commodore Barney's Young Spies A Boy's Story of the Burning of the City of Washington by Otis, James