what are these ships fishing for

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what are these ships fishing for

#1 Post by taz »

hey lads

i was wondering i noticed about 8 fishing ships offf the coast of ireland and i was wondering hat kind of fish hese would be targeting
n55,31 w17.40

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Re: what are these ships fishing for

#2 Post by taz »

http://www.marinetraffic.com/ais/ this is the site
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Re: what are these ships fishing for

#3 Post by Tanglerat »

My guess is mackeral. Fishing Icelandic/Faroes "quotas".
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Re: what are these ships fishing for

#4 Post by west coast skipper »

I would say Mackerel alright! very unusual to get an ais contact out there. there has to be a boat in that area that has a sat link up and conected to its ais reciver
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Re: what are these ships fishing for

#5 Post by taz »

west coast skipper wrote:I would say Mackerel alright! very unusual to get an ais contact out there. there has to be a boat in that area that has a sat link up and conected to its ais reciver
sorry west coast skipper that just went right over my head
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Re: what are these ships fishing for

#6 Post by pete »

Maybe blue whiting.
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