- Type:
- artificial reef, clam dredge, USA
- Specs:
- ( 100 x 18 ft )
- Sponsor:
- Wyoming Boat Corp, Cape May County Party & Charter Boat Association
- Sunk:
- Saturday Dec 7, 1991 - Cape May Artificial Reef
- GPS:
- 38°52.976' -74°40.620'
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Clam Dredges (3/3)
There are three basic types of commercial fishing vessels found in the Mid-Atlantic region: trawlers, seiners/gill-netters, and long-liners. A trawler or "dragger" operates by towing its fishing gear across the bottom. Weighted nets take bottom fishes, while cage-like steel dredges take clams and scallops. A seiner uses a floating net to encircle schools of surface-swimming fishes such as herring and tuna. A long-liner sets out miles of buoyed line with baited hooks to catch sharks, tuna, and swordfish. One could also add lobster boats and charter fishing or "head" boats to this list. And of course, dive boats.
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Lota lota
Size
to 15" avg.,
sometimes much larger
The Burbot is the only freshwater representative of the Cod family. Although native to the Great Lakes, and Midwest, they have been widely introduced for fishermen. Adults prefer deep cold water but spawn under ice in the shallows.
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