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No 57 : April 2, 1959

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A Day on a Fishing Trawler

The importance of the fishing industry to Gisborne is indicated by the number of trawlers tied up in harbour any time the weather is too rough for fishing. When the weather is right, most of the boats are gone long before first light, heading out into the seas off the East Coast to reap the rich ocean harvest.

These pictures were taken during a recent one-day trip of the "Richard and John", the boat Snowy Higham sailed all the way from England to Gisborne a few years ago. She was the first boat out of England to make landfall at Gisborne since Captain Cook's Endeavour nearly 200 years ago.

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Crew cast off from Gisborne wharf for 3a.m. start.

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Skipper Jim Monteperto navigates vessel down dark channel to sea.

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Sunrise at sea, 20 miles out

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Preparing to heave out the nets

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Another Gisborne trawler at work nearby

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Crew members Alan Collie and Len Gregory

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Birds gather as net reaches surface

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Heave-ho, my boys....hauling in the net is arduous task

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A good haul.....

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.....and a still better one

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A pretty kettle of fish....a good haul emptied on the deck

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Planing boards help keep net in position during trawling operation

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Sorting the catch on the way home

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End of a long day....unloading at Gisborne

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Pictures By Photocraft
The Richard and John. Since coming to Gisborne she has been completely refitted.

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