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September 2005 Steve Noyes

Purse Seiner

Nova Scotia

This boat (purse seiner), passing by Brier Island, is heading out to catch herring. The small boat at stern is used to spread netting behind the seiner.


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Steve Noyes08-Dec-2005 16:22
Thanks to a commercial fisherman for providing the correct nomenclature for this type fishing vessel (originally posted as a "trawler" based on a local's identification).
Alaskan commercial fisherman 05-Dec-2005 05:34
Correction...this is a purse seiner, not a trawler.
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