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cod trap — a pound net designed to capture cod. Consists of a net floor and walls in a box like shape with a small opening on one wall called the doors. Leader nets running from the shore or a shoal directe … Dictionary of ichthyology
Lighthouses in the United States — This United States has hundreds of lights as well as light towers, range lights, and pier head lights. Michigan has the most lights of any state with over 130. See also: Lightvessels in the United States, lightvessel, List of lighthouses and… … Wikipedia
commercial fishing — Introduction the taking of fish and other seafood and resources from oceans, rivers, and lakes for the purpose of marketing them. Fishing is one of the oldest employments of humankind. Ancient heaps of discarded mollusk shells (shell… … Universalium
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Billingsgate Island — Billingsgate Island, also sometimes known as Bellingsgate Island, was an island off Cape Cod in Massachusetts in the United States. Originally settled as a fishing and whaling community as part of the town of Wellfleet, Massachusetts,… … Wikipedia
Fish — are aquatic vertebrate animals that are typically ectothermic (previously cold blooded), covered with scales, and equipped with two sets of paired fins and several unpaired fins. Fish are abundant in the sea and in fresh water, with species being … Wikipedia
Provincetown Harbor — is a large natural harbor located off of the town of Provincetown, Massachusetts. The harbor is mostly 30 to convert|90|ft|m|0 deep and stretches roughly one mile from north to south and two miles (3 km) from east to west, i.e., one large, deep… … Wikipedia
Fogo Island, Newfoundland — Fogo Island, the 2nd largest of Newfoundland s offshore islands, lies off the northeast coast near Lewisporte and Twillingate. The island is about 25 km long and 14 km wide. The total area is 237.71 km² (91.78 sq mi).The Island consists of eleven … Wikipedia
collective noun — a noun that denotes a collection of persons or things regarded as a unit. For ichthyology these include: army herrings battery barracuda bed eels bind eels bind salmon brood dogfish cast fish catch fish cluster porcupinefish company archer fish… … Dictionary of ichthyology
Umkomaas, KwaZulu-Natal — Umkomaas, a small coastal town on the south coast of KwaZulu Natal, South Africa was formed when a harbour was built in 1861, to export sugar, on the mouth of the navigable Mkhomazi River. When the successful dredging of Durban harbour s sandbar… … Wikipedia
