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#1 Post by **twinkle** » Wed Sep 16, 2009 8:29 pm

was out in a hotel in donabate friday last saw 2 trawlers about 500 yrds off donabate beach both where large boats and where moving in small circles i left 5 hrs later they were still there lights blazing just wondering what they might be after

#2 Post by **JOHN1** » Wed Sep 16, 2009 8:32 pm

might have been after cockles

#3 Post by **eric** » Wed Sep 16, 2009 9:13 pm

yeah probably dredging for cockles and razor

#4 Post by **Paul B** » Thu Sep 17, 2009 4:41 pm

Derek,

They're dredging for razor and whelks !

Romantic you ...out in Donabate ...well for some !!

#5 Post by **JOHN1** » Thu Sep 17, 2009 7:44 pm

i have never heard of them dredging for whelks before.
whelks are normally caught in pots in fairly deep water.

#6 Post by **Paul B** » Thu Sep 17, 2009 9:28 pm

Its a method called suction dredging !

#7 Post by **JOHN1** » Thu Sep 17, 2009 11:18 pm

i know the methods they use for the cockles and razors, never ever heard of them targeting whelks the same way.

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