Where : Brooklyn, Hawksbury River
When : 5-10pm, Thursday, 22nd November 2007
Weapon : Panasonic Lumix TZ3
Here she is LFB 11305. Licensed Fishing Boat 11305 ... "Australia Star". Isn't she a beauty ! Not quite the "African Queen", but in there with a chance.
There are a few prawn trawlers operating on the Hawksbury, fishing for school prawns, broad and bottle squid. Their operations are confined to specific times and a specific area around 50% of the tidal space. The majority of prawn catches are landed at night during the 'dark side of the moon' (between the last and first quarter), on either run out or 'slack' tides.
A single net is used, connected to a pair of otter boards to spread the net which is towed behind the boat. At the completion of a shot (i.e. setting, towing and retrieval of the net) the net is pulled back onto the boat by hand or a small winch.
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