Fishing Efforts on the Grand Banks & Flemish Cap 2.

The Estonian fishing vessel SHEDUVA bearthed in St. John's harbour, April 1998.
Photo by J. Crummey (1998).
This shrimp vessel is the Estonian ship Sheduva. It's crew includes a number of ethnic Russian seamen. photo by J. Crummey. (1998).
Crew members of the The Japanese Vessel HIME MARU no. 38.  The crews of these ships may include persons from a variety of nations: Koreans, Indonesians, Japanese, Phillipinos etc. These gentlemen are japanese
Photo by J. Crummey (December 1998).
The Japanese Vessel RYOEI MARU no. 36. at the St. John's Dock Yard. Some foreign fishing vessels spent years at a time off of Canada's Atlantic seaboard. Repairs and outfitting are contracted out. 
Photo by J. Crummey (December 1998).
This is a picture of fishing gear on a St. John's wharf. This gear is composed of nylon netting,  heavy iron "balls", chains and "doors". These "doors", "balls" and chains are designed to drag across the ocean floor. Draggers are notorious for damaging the ocean floor. Photo by H. Pinsent April 1998
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