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  2. Menhaden - Wikipedia

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    Menhaden, also known as mossbunker and bunker and "the most important fish in the sea", [ 1] are forage fish of the genera Brevoortia and Ethmidium, two genera of marine fish in the order Clupeiformes. Menhaden is a blend of poghaden ( pogy for short) and an Algonquian word akin to Narragansett munnawhatteaûg, derived from munnohquohteau ("he ...

  3. Atlantic menhaden - Wikipedia

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    The Atlantic menhaden ( Brevoortia tyrannus) is a North American species of fish in the herring family, Alosidae. [ 3] Atlantic menhaden are found in North Atlantic coastal and estuarine waters from Nova Scotia south to northern Florida. They are commonly found in all salinities of the Chesapeake Bay and Mid-Atlantic water.

  4. Fisherman - Wikipedia

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    Fisherman. A fisherman or fisher is someone who captures fish and other animals from a body of water, or gathers shellfish. [ 1] Worldwide, there are about 38 million commercial and subsistence fishers and fish farmers. [ 2] Fishermen may be professional or recreational.

  5. 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 ...

  6. Cormorant fishing - Wikipedia

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    Cormorant fishing is a traditional fishing technique in which fishermen use trained cormorants to catch fish in rivers. Historically, cormorant fishing has taken place in China and Japan, [ 1] as well as Greece, North Macedonia, and briefly, England and France. Sometimes known as "duck fishing," it was attested as a method used by the ancient ...

  7. History of fishing - Wikipedia

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    History of fishing. Fishing is a prehistoric practice dating back at least 70,000 years. Since the 16th century, fishing vessels have been able to cross oceans in pursuit of fish, and since the 19th century it has been possible to use larger vessels and in some cases process the fish on board.

  8. Lophius - Wikipedia

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    Lophius. Members of the genus Lophius, also sometimes called monkfish, fishing-frogs, frog-fish, and sea-devils, are various species of lophiid anglerfishes found in the Atlantic and Indian Oceans. Lophius is known as the "monk" or "monkfish" to the North Sea and North Atlantic fishermen, a name which also belongs to Squatina squatina, the ...

  9. Seine fishing - Wikipedia

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    An illustration of a basic seine net. Seine fishing (or seine-haul fishing; / seɪn / SAYN) is a method of fishing that employs a surrounding net, called a seine, that hangs vertically in the water with its bottom edge held down by weights and its top edge buoyed by floats. Seine nets can be deployed from the shore as a beach seine, or from a boat.

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