| 500. |
fish0656 |
 |
The F/V WHITWORTH |
Everett, Washington 1969 October |
| 501. |
fish0657 |
 |
Port profile of a purse seiner |
Everett, Washington 1968 October |
| 502. |
fish0658 |
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The F/V KRISTINE |
Everett, Washington 1969 October |
| 503. |
fish0659 |
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Port profile of a purse seiner |
Everett, Washington 1968 October |
| 504. |
fish0660 |
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The F/V LAURIANNE |
Everett, Washington 1969 October |
| 505. |
fish0661 |
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Fishing vessels at Everett |
Everett, Washington 1969 October |
| 506. |
fish0662 |
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Part of the fishing fleet at Everett |
Everett, Washington 1969 October |
| 507. |
fish0663 |
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Stern view of a purse seiner |
Bellingham, Washington 1969 October |
| 508. |
fish0664 |
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A fleet of company boats |
Washington 1968 October |
| 509. |
fish0665 |
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Crab pots ready for deployment |
Washington 1969 October |
| 510. |
fish0666 |
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A salmon gillnetter at Astoria on the Columbia River |
Astoria, Washington 1969 October |
| 511. |
fish0667 |
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Salmon gillnetters at Astoria on the Columbia River |
Astoria, Washington 1969 October |
| 512. |
fish0668 |
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Salmon gillnetters at Astoria on the Columbia River |
Astoria, Washington 1969 October |
| 513. |
fish0669 |
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A gillnet wound on its reel |
Astoria, Washington 1969 October |
| 514. |
fish0670 |
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Clam dredging with the dredge deployed from the starboard side |
Cape May, New Jersey 1968 August |
| 515. |
fish0671 |
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Deploying a clam dredge offshore |
Cape May, New Jersey 1968 August |
| 516. |
fish0672 |
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Deploying a clam dredge in nearshore waters |
Cape May, New Jersey 1968 August |
| 517. |
fish0673 |
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Operating the winch on a clam dredger |
Cape May, New Jersey 1968 August |
| 518. |
fish0674 |
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Recovering the dredge on a clam dredger |
Cape May, New Jersey 1968 August |
| 519. |
fish0675 |
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A dredge haul including live clams and empty shells |
Cape May, New Jersey 1968 August |
| 520. |
fish0676 |
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Beginning to sift through the dredge haul on a clam dredger |
Cape May, New Jersey 1968 August |
| 521. |
fish0677 |
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Returning home with bags of clams on deck of a clam dredger |
Cape May, New Jersey 1968 August |
| 522. |
fish0678 |
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The dredge haul on deck of a clam dredger |
Cape May, New Jersey 1968 August |
| 523. |
fish0679 |
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Clam fishing from a skiff requires good balance |
Chesapeake Bay, Maryland 1966 September |
| 524. |
fish0680 |
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Clam fishing from a skiff requires good balance |
Chesapeake Bay, Maryland 1966 September |
| 525. |
fish0681 |
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Menhaden fishing - Putting over the purse seine boats early in the morning |
Southport, North Carolina 1969 June |
| 526. |
fish0682 |
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Menhaden fishing - Putting over the purse seine boats early in the morning |
Southport, North Carolina 1969 June |
| 527. |
fish0683 |
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Menhaden fishing - Preparing to deploy net during two-boat purse seining operation |
Southport, North Carolina 1969 June |
| 528. |
fish0684 |
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Menhaden fishing - closing the net and trapping the fish |
Southport, North Carolina 1969 June |
| 529. |
fish0685 |
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Preparing to pump the trapped fish aboard the menhaden fishing mother vessel |
Southport, North Carolina 1969 June |
| 530. |
fish0686 |
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Drawing the net tighter about the captured menhaden |
Southport, North Carolina 1969 June |
| 531. |
fish0687 |
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As the net draws tighter a few fish are seen as the initial casualties of the progressive compression of the school within the net |
Southport, North Carolina 1969 June |
| 532. |
fish0688 |
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As the net draws tighter and tighter more and more fish become casualties and become easier to pump aboard the mother vessel |
Southport, North Carolina 1969 June |
| 533. |
fish0689 |
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The pump operating within the mass of captured fish and lifting them to the hold of the mother vessel |
Southport, North Carolina 1969 June |
| 534. |
fish0690 |
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Men in the purse seine boats standby as the pumping operation proceeds. The menhaden are being lifted to the mother vessel |
Southport, North Carolina 1969 June |
| 535. |
fish0691 |
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Purse seine boats setting nets to capture school of menhaden |
Southport, North Carolina 1969 June |
| 536. |
fish0692 |
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Purse seine boats setting nets to capture school of menhaden |
Southport, North Carolina 1969 June |
| 537. |
fish0693 |
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Purse seine boats setting nets to capture school of menhaden |
Southport, North Carolina 1969 June |
| 538. |
fish0694 |
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Menhaden fishing - Getting ready to set the net early in the morning |
Southport, North Carolina 1969 June |
| 539. |
fish0695 |
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Menhaden fishing - Getting ready to set the net early in the morning |
Southport, North Carolina 1969 June |
| 540. |
fish0696 |
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Menhaden fishing - dumping menhaden into the hold of the mother vessel |
Southport, North Carolina 1969 June |
| 541. |
fish0697 |
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Menhaden fishing - menhaden in the hold of the mother vessel. These fish are used for fertilizer and pet food. |
Southport, North Carolina 1969 June |
| 542. |
fish0698 |
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Menhaden fishing -off-loading the catch |
Southport, North Carolina 1969 June |
| 543. |
fish0699 |
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Menhaden fishing -off-loading the catch |
Southport, North Carolina 1969 June |
| 544. |
fish0700 |
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Menhaden fishing -off-loading the catch |
Southport, North Carolina 1969 June |
| 545. |
fish0701 |
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Menhaden fishing -off-loading the catch |
Southport, North Carolina 1969 June |
| 546. |
fish0702 |
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Menhaden fishing -off-loading the catch |
Southport, North Carolina 1969 June |
| 547. |
fish0703 |
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Menhaden fishing - securing the nets after a day's fishing |
Southport, North Carolina 1969 June |
| 548. |
fish0704 |
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Menhaden fishing - purse seine boats encircling a school of menhaden |
Pascagoula, Mississippi 1968 June |
| 549. |
fish0705 |
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Menhaden fishing - purse seine boats encircling a school of menhaden |
Pascagoula, Mississippi 1968 June |
