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The fishpot is the most common gear in the Puerto Rico artisanal fisheries

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Description

The fishpot is the most common gear in the Puerto Rico artisanal fisheries.Lined up on the beach are typical small boats, which take most of thecommercial catch. Few truly large modern craft are operated by Puerto Ricans.

Credit

NOAA Central Library Historical Fisheries Collection; P. 298 of Our Changing Fisheries 1970 Centenary NMFS centenary volume

Photographer

Artwork by Bob Hines

Display Date

1969 circa

Location

Puerto Rico, Crashboat

Collection

Historic Fisheries

NOAA Affiliation

BCF