Ellis Island the region. The oyster beds remained a major source of food for nearly three centuries. Landfilling to build the railyards of the Lehigh Valley Railroad and the Central Railroad of New Jersey eventually obliterated the oyster beds, engulfed one island, and brought the shoreline much closer to the others. During the colonial period, Little Oyster Island was known as Dyre's, then Bucking Island. In the 1760s, after some pirates were hanged from one of the island's scrubby trees, it became known as Gibbet Island. It was acquired by Samuel Ellis, a colonial New Yorker and merchant possibly from Wales, around
History of Smooth Island (Tasmania) Flounder (Long Snouted Flounder ("Ammotretis rostratus"): 1 (0.04%); Brownstriped Leatherjacket ("Meuschenia australis"): 1 (0.04%); Pigmy Leatherjacket ("Brachaluteres jacksonianus"): 1 (0.04%). Between 2003 and 2007 Smooth Island was subleased to a local oyster farmer to transport oyster stock to and from a processing facility in Boomer Bay. The island was reportedly priced at in 2010. Satellite imagery indicates that the 2013 Tasmanian bushfires did not burn Smooth Island. During 2013, Smooth Island was advertised for sale, with the following description: Easily accessible from Hobart by sea-faring boat or trailered craft, a place where privacy is total, a beautiful environment second to