floater fishery

floater n The floater fishery became popular because it had the advantage of being able to search for the schools of fish. If a floater (skipper) anchored in a certain harbour and found that cod was scarce he could always move to another location and, if necessary, keep moving until he found enough...

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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/26015
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/26015 2023-12-31T10:19:13+01:00 floater fishery 1970/06/xx image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/26015 eng eng F 1970 PARSONS Labrador 295 References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 15370 F_15370_floater n http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/26015 Department of Folklore Original held in the Department of Folklore. Memorial University of Newfoundland. Department of Folklore English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador Text Manuscript 1970 ftmemorialunivdc 2023-12-04T11:29:26Z floater n The floater fishery became popular because it had the advantage of being able to search for the schools of fish. If a floater (skipper) anchored in a certain harbour and found that cod was scarce he could always move to another location and, if necessary, keep moving until he found enough fish to launch his fishing operations. The stationer, on the other hand, had to stay in his room on land . . . G. M. Story JUL 1970 JH JUL 1970 PRINTED ITEM DNE-cit Used I and Sup Used I 5 Used I Manuscript Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI)
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topic English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
spellingShingle English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
floater fishery
topic_facet English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
description floater n The floater fishery became popular because it had the advantage of being able to search for the schools of fish. If a floater (skipper) anchored in a certain harbour and found that cod was scarce he could always move to another location and, if necessary, keep moving until he found enough fish to launch his fishing operations. The stationer, on the other hand, had to stay in his room on land . . . G. M. Story JUL 1970 JH JUL 1970 PRINTED ITEM DNE-cit Used I and Sup Used I 5 Used I
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title floater fishery
title_short floater fishery
title_full floater fishery
title_fullStr floater fishery
title_full_unstemmed floater fishery
title_sort floater fishery
publishDate 1970
url http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/26015
genre Newfoundland
genre_facet Newfoundland
op_source Department of Folklore
Original held in the Department of Folklore.
Memorial University of Newfoundland. Department of Folklore
op_relation F
1970 PARSONS Labrador 295
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
15370
F_15370_floater n
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