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The vessel has been identified as the F/V Leonardo, a scalloper homeported in New Bedford.
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BostonGlobe.com, 25 Nov. 2019
David Frulla, a lawyer who represents the Fisheries Survival Fund, said his scalloper clients would still consider this large section of water to be closed off to them under the new plan, for safety reasons.
—BostonGlobe.com, 20 Nov. 2019
On Saturday, Bretal and Vega boarded a scalloper and embarked on a fishing trip that took a horrifying turn when their vessel apparently capsized and sank Sunday about 28 miles off the coast of Martha’s Vineyard, according to the US Coast Guard.
—BostonGlobe.com, 26 Nov. 2019
The four men on the scalloper, which had left from New Bedford, Massachusetts, did not appear to be wearing life jackets, Noel said.
—Ben Kesslen, NBC News, 25 Nov. 2019
The scallop industry is thriving as a result of years of conservative management that has allowed the valuable shellfish to grow undisturbed, said Jimmy Wotton, a scalloper based out of Friendship, Maine.
—BostonGlobe.com, 22 July 2019
BostonGlobe.com, 25 Nov. 2019
David Frulla, a lawyer who represents the Fisheries Survival Fund, said his scalloper clients would still consider this large section of water to be closed off to them under the new plan, for safety reasons.
—BostonGlobe.com, 20 Nov. 2019
On Saturday, Bretal and Vega boarded a scalloper and embarked on a fishing trip that took a horrifying turn when their vessel apparently capsized and sank Sunday about 28 miles off the coast of Martha’s Vineyard, according to the US Coast Guard.
—BostonGlobe.com, 26 Nov. 2019
The four men on the scalloper, which had left from New Bedford, Massachusetts, did not appear to be wearing life jackets, Noel said.
—Ben Kesslen, NBC News, 25 Nov. 2019
The scallop industry is thriving as a result of years of conservative management that has allowed the valuable shellfish to grow undisturbed, said Jimmy Wotton, a scalloper based out of Friendship, Maine.
—BostonGlobe.com, 22 July 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for scalloper
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The cast of Swept Away, the about-to-open Broadway musical that follows four whalers on an odyssey of survival and salvation, are a tight crew.Robert Sullivan, Vogue, 21 Oct. 2024
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In Nauru's history, it has been used as a supply shop for European whalers, according to CIA.gov.Ashlyn Messier, Fox News, 1 Oct. 2024
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On July 20, 1775, Major Joseph Vose and sixty Continental soldiers landed on Little Brewster in nimble whaleboats.Dorothy Wickenden, The New Yorker, 30 Oct. 2023
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When a prime specimen was chosen, the men set off in a whaleboat rowed by a crew.Nancy Lord, Anchorage Daily News, 12 Nov. 2022
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But rather than use this long period of protection to invest in modernization, U.S. shrimpers opted to extort payments from foreign producers in exchange for their suspension of proceedings that might have resulted in higher duties.Dan Ikenson, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
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Derek Bateman, an independent shrimper in Alabama, couldn't sell shrimp during the COVID-19 pandemic and filed for unemployment benefits.Maureen Groppe, USA TODAY, 7 Oct. 2024
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The upshot will be a mid-sized load-lugger that will hammers to 62mph in 3.6 seconds and from zero to 124mph in only 12.9 seconds, so the Europeans had better pack that luggage in snugly.Michael Taylor, Forbes, 22 June 2022
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The wooden boats competed in skiff, workboat, lugger, trawler, runabout, sailboat and cruiser classes.Ann Benoit, NOLA.com, 27 Oct. 2017
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With little overt military value, Australia’s cheap-but-robust commercial workboats are subject to fierce debate.Craig Hooper, Forbes, 3 May 2023
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In the Black Sea, trading an old workboat or other hulk for even a mere mission-kill on a Russian combatant is eminently worthwhile.Craig Hooper, Forbes, 8 June 2022
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According to one poll, 58% of bankers believe former U.S. President Donald Trump would be better for the financial sector vs. 35% who think the policies of Vice President Kamala Harris would be more beneficial.Paul Weinstein Jr., Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
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The biggest concern voiced by Zandi and others is that zero inflation is uncomfortably close to deflation, the falling-price environment that freaks out economists and central bankers alike.Matt Egan, CNN, 31 Oct. 2024
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The ferry moved slowly out of the harbor, through the channel formed by a neighboring island.Greg Jackson, The New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2024
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New York has one of the best transit systems in the world, including trains, buses, ferries, and even a tram.Hannah Towey, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Nov. 2024
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Take a scenic cruise along Harbor Drive, where tuna seiners once tied up.San Diego Union-Tribune, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Oct. 2023
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Above the seiner, a seaplane soars towards the coastal mountains rising up and fading into the distant mist.David James, Anchorage Daily News, 22 Apr. 2023
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“Scalloper.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scalloper. Accessed 10 Nov. 2024.
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