trawler
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Jens Frederiksen, who works at a fishing business in Nuuk running a big shrimp trawler, said there is a divide in opinion between those in the capital and those in other coastal areas.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 15, 2026
They follow the trawler, waiting for discarded fish heads and guts which fishermen throw into the sea as they sort through and process their catch.
From BBC • Dec. 30, 2025
The magazine also highlights cultural sites such as the Hull Maritime Museum, Spurn Lightship and the Arctic Corsair – a former deep-sea trawler that helps tell the port city's story.
From BBC • Oct. 23, 2025
While other experiments with that approach have proven successful, this one results in a hanging work that looks like a trawler accidentally got its haulage caught in a tree.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 17, 2025
It wasn't an oil derrick but an enormous Japanese fishing trawler with two tall cranes for hauling up their vast nets.
From "Hole in My Life" by Jack Gantos
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