he can fish for oysters from october 1st through marchch 31st from sunrise until 3:00 0 p.m., except in january,, when he can tong oysters until sunset, which is not much later than 3:00. he's limimited to 15 busushels r day,y, per persoson, or 30 busls per boat. and the o oysters he e catches e to be e at least 3 i inches. while the hand tongers work the shallower waters at broad creek, divers and patent tongers with hydraulic controls and larger rakes search for oysters in deeper waters. in november, the power dredgers join the tongers for the rest of the season and are bound by even stricter regulations. dredgers include the few remaining skipjacks that once filled the bay. under sail, skipjacks can haul in 150 bushels per boat, but if they use motorized push boats, which most working skipjacks do, they can only dredge your oysters two days a week. >> and the draw of being a waterman was that big day, and that's been taken away through regulations and it's very difficult. it's a lot more regulations, a lot less profit in the business so, a lot less opportunity to have big days, th