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2. Monterey clipper - Wikipedia

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   The Monterey Clipper is a fishing boat common to the San Francisco Bay Area, the Monterey Bay Area and east to the Sacramento delta. [1] [2] Known variously as a Monterey Hull, Putt-putt, Silena boat, and Lampra boat, the Monterey Clipper's history has swung with the fortunes of the local fish industry and the paces of industrialization.

3. Western Flyer (boat) - Wikipedia

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   The Western Flyer is a fishing boat, most known for its use by John Steinbeck and Ed Ricketts in their 1940 expedition to the Gulf of California, the notes from which culminated in their 1941 book Sea of Cortez, later reworked by Steinbeck into The Log from the Sea of Cortez (1951). [ 1] According to Kevin Bailey, [ 2] "the most famous fishing ...

4. 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 ...

5. Fishing vessel - Wikipedia

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   Fishing vessel. A fishing vessel is a boat or ship used to catch fish and other valuable nektonic aquatic animals (e.g. shrimps / prawns, krills, coleoids, etc.) in the sea, lake or river. Humans have used different kinds of surface vessels in commercial, artisanal and recreational fishing .

6. List of schooners - Wikipedia

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   San Diego, California Education/sail training ship for Maritime leadership: 2 masted gaff and staysails, square topsail American Eagle: 1930 Rockland, Maine: National Historic Landmark Gloucester schooner 2 masted gaff [10] American Pride: 1941 Long Beach, California: Education/sail training vessel; former fishing boat 3 masted gaff [11]

7. Factory ship - Wikipedia

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   The German factory ship Kiel NC 105. A factory ship, also known as a fish processing vessel, is a large ocean-going vessel with extensive on-board facilities for processing and freezing caught fish or whales. Modern factory ships are automated and enlarged versions of the earlier whalers, and their use for fishing has grown dramatically.