Drifter (fishing boat)
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drifter-fishing-boat-197-244407
title:
Drifter (fishing boat)
text:
A drifter is a type of fishing boat. They were designed to catch herring in a long drift net. Herring fishing using drifters has a long history in the Netherlands and in many British fishing ports, particularly in East Scottish ports. Until the mid-1960s fishing fleets in the North Sea comprised drifters and trawlers, with the drifters primarily targeting herring while the trawlers caught cod, plaice, skate and haddock, etc. By the mid-1960s the catches were greatly diminishing, particularly the
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description:
Type of fishing boat
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drifter_(fishing_boat)
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2023-10-20T15:07:54Z
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