cod traps

cod trap n Our crew had two cod traps to examine. Essentially these traps are great boxes of netting as much as fifty feet on a side. They have a bottom but no top. Stretching out from a "door" on one side is a long, vertically hung leader-net to guide the slow moving cod into the trap. PR...

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Bibliographic Details
Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Published: 1970
Subjects:
English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/14018
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Summary:cod trap n Our crew had two cod traps to examine. Essentially these traps are great boxes of netting as much as fifty feet on a side. They have a bottom but no top. Stretching out from a "door" on one side is a long, vertically hung leader-net to guide the slow moving cod into the trap. PRINTED ITEM G. M. Story JAN 1970 JH 1/70 Used I and Sup Used I and Sup 1 Not Used TRAP1, cod-trap berth, BERTH, cod-trap crew, CREW, cod-trap fishery, cod-trap linnet, LINNET, cod-trap season, cod-trap twine, TWINE, ~ fish, ~line Checked by Jordyn Hughes on Mon 13 Jun 2016

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