Dredging (Fisheries)
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Other Identifiers
Wikidata:
Q1160830
Library of congress:
sh2005005939
Sources of Information
- Work cat.: Electr. reprod./McCallum, B.R. The impact of mobile fishing gear on benthic habitat and the implications for fisheries management, 2001:
- Eapen, P.K. Elsevier's dict. of fisheries, 1999
- FAO Fisheries glossary, via WWW, June 22, 2005
- Aquatic sciences and fisheries abstracts, via CSA Illumina, June 22, 2005:
- LC database, Aug. 29, 2005
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Wikipedia description:
A fishing dredge, also known as a scallop dredge or oyster dredge, is a kind of dredge which is towed along the bottom of the sea by a fishing boat in order to collect a targeted edible bottom-dwelling species. The gear is used to fish for scallops, oysters and other species of clams, crabs, and sea cucumber. The dredge is then winched up into the boat and emptied. Dredges are also used in connection with the work of the naturalist in marine biology, notably on the Challenger Expedition.
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