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#1 Post by twinkle »

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
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#2 Post by JOHN1 »

might have been after cockles :wink:
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#3 Post by eric »

yeah probably dredging for cockles and razor
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#4 Post by Paul B »

Derek,

They're dredging for razor and whelks !

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#5 Post by JOHN1 »

i have never heard of them dredging for whelks before.
whelks are normally caught in pots in fairly deep water.
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#6 Post by Paul B »

Its a method called suction dredging !
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#7 Post by JOHN1 »

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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