Skipjack Restoration Project: The Skipjacks
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Once numbering in the hundreds, in 2002 only about a dozen skipjacks were commercially licensed to dredge for oysters. To be eligible for the Skipjack Restoration Project, vessels must be licensed by the Department of Natural Resources.

Since the program began in 2001, the following skipjacks have received repairs:

City of Crisfield
Built in Reedville, Virginia in 1949
Captain Arthur Daniels, Jr.
Deal Island, Maryland

Fannie L. Daugherty
Built in Crisfield, Maryland in 1904
Captain Delmas Benton
Deal Island, Maryland

H. M. Krentz
Built in Harryhogan, Virginia in 1955
Captain Edward Farley
Tilghman Island, Maryland

Kathryn
Built in Crisfield, Maryland in 1901
Captain Russell Dize
Tilghman Island, Maryland

Lady Katie
Built in Wingate, Maryland in 1956
Captain Scott Todd
Cambridge, Maryland

Nellie L. Byrd
Built in Oriole, Maryland in 1911
Captain Michael Hayden, Jr.
Tilghman Island, Maryland

Rebecca T. Ruark
Built in Taylors Island, Maryland in 1886
Captain Wade Murphy, Jr.
Tilghman Island, Maryland

Somerset
Built in Reedville, Virginia in 1949
Captain Walt Benton
Deal Island, MD

Thomas Clyde
Built in Oriole, Maryland in 1911
Captain Lawrence Murphy
Tilghman Island, Maryland

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