Draggermen: Fishing on Georges Bank

by George Matteson

Follows the activities on board a trawler as it searches for cod, haddock, and yellowtail flounder off the New England coast. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0590075349
• ISBN13: 9780590075343
• Release Date: January 1984
• Publisher: Four Winds
• Length: 138 Pages
• Weight: 1.14 lbs.
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7

Customer Reviews

A very informative book on commericial ocean fishing

While this book maybe dated and of that i am not sure it is very informative it describes in great detail of the Draggermen who as the title implys fish on the Georges Bank which is off of cape cod. It follows the crew of a certain boat the Elsie G and her crew the boat being a boat that drags the net behind the boat to catch fish . It goes into great detail of the boat and all the working parts,how the crew goes about setting the net how long they troll and the process for bringing the net back in. With bringing the net back in the author describes the fish they are going after and how they prep and store till they get back to shore to sell.It tells the history of this industry back into the 1800's to today and the two main boats ones that trawl from the side and the ones like the elsie g that trawl from the rear. For 138 pages this book covers it all basically for a complete trip. I would recommended this book for anyone from 8 to 80 who has a interest in commercial fishing