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2. Andrea Gail - Wikipedia

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   F/V Andrea Gail. Andrea Gail was a 72-foot (22 m) commercial fishing vessel constructed in Panama City, Florida, in 1978, and owned by Robert Brown. [ 2] Her home port was Gloucester, Massachusetts. She sailed from Gloucester, where she would offload her catch and reload food and stores for her next run. Andrea Gail began her final voyage ...

3. Fishing trawler - Wikipedia

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   A fishing trawler is a commercial fishing vessel designed to operate fishing trawls. Trawling is a method of fishing that involves actively dragging or pulling a trawl through the water behind one or more trawlers. Trawls are fishing nets that are pulled along the bottom of the sea or in midwater at a specified depth.

4. Fishing industry in the United States - Wikipedia

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   Fishing boat at Tybee Island, Georgia. Until the late 19th century, the U.S. fishing fleet used sailing vessels. By the early 20th century, fishing vessels were built as steam boats with steam engines, or as schooners with auxiliary gasoline engines. By the 1930s the fleet was almost completely converted to diesel vessels.

5. Trawling - Wikipedia

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   Trawling. Trawling is an industrial method of fishing that involves pulling a fishing net, which is heavily weighted to keep it on the seafloor, through the water behind one or more boats. The net used for trawling is called a trawl. This principle requires netting bags which are towed through water to catch different species of fishes or ...

6. Commercial fishing - Wikipedia

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   Commercial fishing may offer an abundance of jobs, but the pay varies from boat to boat, season to season. Crab fisherman Cade Smith was quoted in an article by Business Week as saying, "There was always a top boat where the crew members raked in $50,000 during the three- to five-day king crab season—or $100,000 for the longer snow crab ...

7. List of schooners - Wikipedia

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   Replica of eponymous Great Lakes cargo boat 2 masted gaff, square topsail Columbia 2014 Panama City, Florida Columbia is an exact replica of the 1923 Gloucester fishing and racing schooner of the same name. She is a privately owned vessel.