snapper boats
snapper n In the 1940's another type of boat was added to the skiff, "snapper boats" (long-liner type which was from forty to forty-five feet in the keel). Those as well were still in use when the Trepassey fishery failed. The men owning those two types of boats carried on the fishery...
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1972
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| Online Access: | http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/45091 |
| Summary: | snapper n In the 1940's another type of boat was added to the skiff, "snapper boats" (long-liner type which was from forty to forty-five feet in the keel). Those as well were still in use when the Trepassey fishery failed. The men owning those two types of boats carried on the fishery away from home. The "snapper boats" at first went to the Glace Bay and Dingwall areas of Nova Scotia from April to November. They fished by means of "long lines" and sold their catches to the fresh fish producing plants in that area. type of boat DNE-cit JH 7/72 Used I Used I 2 Used I snapper-rigged, snapper fisherman |
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