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Fresh seafood sales, directly off the fishing boats docked at Steveston Fisherman's Wharf
Steveston Harbour is situated on the banks of the Fraser River
Richmond, BC
Canada
Definitely one of British Columbia's best kept secrets.
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Diving for dear life. When they should be diving for pearls. Taken one evening around Easter. The light was good, and this prawn boat came juddering into view just off-shore from Ardrossan's glamourous South Beach.
Swept into the safe calm of the Harbor of Oudeschild, Texel, in a near gale of Beaufort 7, is 'Emmie', TX-10. She was built in 1977 and fitted out with a Scania Vablis engine in 1988. Prawn-fishing is in decline since the VIBEG agreement of 2012 (Fishing in Protected [Natural] Areas). Increasingly these sturdy ships are used in the tourist trade for excursions to sandbanks to view seals or for fishing demonstrations.
Texel and in particular the fishing village of Oudeschild has a glorious past in the maritime history of The Netherlands. The roadstead - anchorage possibilities - of Texel (from the south of the island of Vlieland to the south of Texel) - in the lee of the North Sea served as a safe haven for fleets setting out to the north - the Baltic or even Arctic seas - or to the south and to the Far East. Texel was a favorite anchorage, too, because its fresh water was so good. It had a high iron content and could be stored freshly for a very long time, even all the way to the Dutch East Indies or Brazil.
The 'Emmie' - a modern shrimper - has a length of about 41 metres. Amaziingly the Indiamen - the ships sailing to the Far East - of the Dutch East Indies Trading Company (VOC) at their very largest were less than 50 metres long. And yet they made those dangerous voyages providing on their return - if they returned - a fortune to cities such as Amsterdam. Just take a look at many of the seventeenth-century canal houses, 'palaces' indeed, of that city. Or visit the majestic East-India House, now part of the University. Wondrous stories have been told about that Dutch Seafaring Empire...
But I doubt that the holiday makers of the 'Emmie' had much time for those histories as they heavily rolled into Oudeschild harbor the other day!
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Photo taken by me (Stephen Jones) during the summer of 1996. A young & happy Keith Norman opening the full lift of prawns caught towing near Greenore (Irish Sea) in the 32' Crystal Star.
Huka Prawn Park near Wairakei Geothermal Power Station
location: Wairakei, Taupo District, Waikato region, New Zealand
author: Jan Helebrant
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In former years the sight of southwester capped fishermen riding on draught horses was commonplace along the shores of Belgium, the Netherlands, north-eastern France and eastern England. Today you will only find a handful of them in one place: Oostduinkerke, one of the most charming beaches on our coast.
Of course, the fact that this ancient way of fishing is still used on this beach is due to the great feeling for traditions of the population of Oostduinkerke, this typical community of golden hearted fishermen; but it is also due to the fact that Oostduinkerke has an ideal beach with a gentle slope, with no underwater obstacles.
Lastly the beach at Oostduinkerke, because of its situation and its topography, makes an ideal feeding ground with excellent bait for the shrimps.
The shrimp fishing takes place at low tide, both in summer and in winter, for about two hours, i.e. one hour before and one hour after low water. The fishermen, clad in traditional southwester, bright yellow oilskins and rubber waders, climb into the saddle. A brief word of command, the lines between collar and net tighten and off they go. Breast deep in water, the horses advance at a steady pace, often side by side, dragging the nets up which scoop up both wanted and unwanted prey from the bottom. From time to time, the fishermen and his mount leave the water to empty the net and to put the contents into two wicker baskets fixed on each side of the horse.
Usually the horse is a robust stallion of the Brabant or Hainaut breed, for this work requires exceptional strength and powers of resistance. At one time the fisherman used to use mountain mules which came to the coast in convoys. But today mules are becoming rare and the cost of transport too high.
As soon as the fisherman returns home, the shrimps are cooked and offered for sale by the fisherman and his wife.
Huka Prawn Park near Wairakei Geothermal Power Station
location: Wairakei, Taupo District, Waikato region, New Zealand
author: Jan Helebrant
license CC0 Public Domain Dedication
Huka Prawn Park near Wairakei Geothermal Power Station
location: Wairakei, Taupo District, Waikato region, New Zealand
author: Jan Helebrant
license CC0 Public Domain Dedication
...shrimps or prawns as we Orstralians call them. This is number two of a three photo collection. After the boys catch their prawns they...
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Fishing for giant freshwater prawn 'Macrobrachium rosenbergii' or 'Udang Galah'. In photo: Prawn fishing @ Sg. (River) Sedili Kecil, Johor, MALAYSIA.
The Caledonian Canal SwingBridge
The Madalia Prawn Trawler continues its journey to the West Coast of Scotland