otter-trawl

There are various other appliances used for fish capture in different parts of the world, such as the purse-seine net, the trammel net, the otter-trawl net,

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It will be noted that the number of otter-trawl fares from this ground is small.

Fishing Grounds of the Gulf of Maine Walter H. Rich

This ground is much visited by the Boston fleet, both sail and steam, line trawlers and otter trawlers, the fleet of Gloucester, and the otter-trawl fleet that has developed in

Fishing Grounds of the Gulf of Maine Walter H. Rich

The proportion of cod taken here by these vessels is very small, even smaller than that from other grounds fished by the otter-trawl method.

Fishing Grounds of the Gulf of Maine Walter H. Rich

It is about 420 miles E. ½ S. from Boston to the southwestern edge, which means about 48 hours 'steaming for the otter-trawl fleet.

Fishing Grounds of the Gulf of Maine Walter H. Rich

In the average otter-trawl fare haddock makes up the greater part of the catch because, as a rule, this type of gear is operated mostly on the smooth, sandy bottom which this species prefers.

Fishing Grounds of the Gulf of Maine Walter H. Rich

There are various other appliances used for fish capture in different parts of the world, such as the purse-seine net, the trammel net, the otter-trawl net, &c.; and, as I have already pointed out, the most scathing satire on our fisheries is to find all these necessary means for catching fish regarded as curiosities.

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Of late the larger part of the haddock catch has been taken by the "otter-trawl" method, this gear being operated by steamers of considerable size and upon the more distant grounds, such as Georges Bank, the South Channel, and the Western Bank.

Fishing Grounds of the Gulf of Maine Walter H. Rich

In one of the Fisheries Reports it is gravely recorded that "some very valuable gear IN GENERAL USE amongst English, Norwegian, and American fishermen, had been destroyed in the Garden Palace fire, but that the commissioners had been able to replace the otter-trawl and the beam-trawl."

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Formerly the cod and halibut were the food fishes most taken here, but with the changed methods in the fishery (as the growth of the otter-trawl fleet) and a changed taste in our public the haddock catch has become the second most important in the receipts of fish from these waters.

Fishing Grounds of the Gulf of Maine Walter H. Rich