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		<title>EXTINCT YORKSHIRE FISHING CRAFT  [ 1.] A SUMMARY OF THE DIFFERENT VESSELS.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[D.E. WHITTAKER INTRODUCTION The Yorkshire and North-East coast is home to one of the most well known types of fishing craft, and one of Old Englands most ancient and historic boats, the coble, by which is usually meant the high-prowed, flat-bottomed and square-sterned craft, so beautifully adapted for launching and landing at the beaches adjacent [...]]]></description>
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		<title>EXTINCT YORKSHIRE FISHING CRAFT [3]  THE SCARBOROUGH, OR YORKSHIRE, YAWL, AND A NOTE ON “DUCK” LAMPS.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[D. E. Whittaker Prior to 1830, three types of multi purpose fishing craft dominated the Yorkshire fisheries. All were used in the pursuit of the seasonal herring fisheries, but only the fully-decked, Five-Man Coble or 3-Masted Lugger, was capable of long-distance working, of being able to stay out in all weathers, and of having the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>EXTINCT YORKSHIRE FISHING CRAFT  [2] THE FIVE MAN BOAT, COBLE LUGGER or YORKSHIRE 3-MASTED LUGGER</title>
		<description><![CDATA[D. E. Whittaker This ancient Yorkshire fishing craft was the largest and fastest fishing vessel of the British Isles, renowned for its safe sea-keeping abilities, until it finally became extinct about 1850/1860. Although mentioned in text through the centuries, representations of their appearance is none existant until the early 19th century, and most descriptions and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>EXTINCT YORKSHIRE FISHING CRAFT  [4]  THE BIG COBLE/ HERRING COBLE, and THE CORFE</title>
		<description><![CDATA[D. E. Whittaker THE HERRING COBLE The origin of this craft is unknown, but in the early nineteenth century these ‘big cobles’ as they were more frequently referred to, were to be found both as partially-decked or entirely open craft, and were more usually fitted with two masts. Built with both ends alike, or double-ended, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>THE BIOLOGY OF THE RAY’S BREAM, BRAMA BRAMA, FROM THE YORKSHIRE COAST AND CENTRAL NORTH SEA : SCARBOROUGH DATA.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[D. E. Whittaker INTRODUCTION A prominent characteristic of the fish fauna of the North Sea coast of the British Isles, from Scotland to Suffolk, and particularly of the Yorkshire sector, is the occurrence of the oceanic, mesopelagic Brama brama, the Ray’s Bream, first recorded as a British fish at Middlesborough Marsh on Teeside in 1681 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The biology of sharks occuring off the Yorkshire Coast &#8211; some recent examinations</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A number of sharks are taken by fishing gear as a by catch off the Yorkshire coast and are invariably brought back to the fish market, where they always attract interest. Only one shark species occurring locally has formed the subject of a specific, targeted fishery by Yorkshire commercial boats, although Porbeagle sharks have, in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Chinese Mitten Crab, Eriocheir Sinensis, on the Yorkshire Coast</title>
		<description><![CDATA[D. E. Whittaker The Chinese mitten crab, Eriocheir sinensis, is a medium sized crab, unmistakeable when found; its colour is a light greenish-grey to brown, with a box-like carapace which in large specimens may reach over 70mm in width. The front of the carapace between the eyes, bears a concave central notch; the sides of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://yorkshirecoastmaritimearchive.co.uk/?p=539</link>
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		<title>Trawler &amp; fishing boat paintings of A. Harwood &amp; G. Arnold</title>
		<description><![CDATA[D. E. Whittaker From about 1880, the successful application of steam power to beam trawling began to oust the sailing trawler, and a boom in new-builds of both wooden and iron steam trawlers began along the entire east coast from Aberdeen to Grimsby. In the wake of this massive build of new trawlers was the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Scarborough trawler ‘Independence’ nets a crawfish, Palinurus elephas, a rare catch for the Central North Sea</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The crew of the Scarborough trawler Independence, FR 196, had a surprise when emptying their net off Flamborough recently, when they discovered a crawfish among the catch. The North Sea is not within the usual distribution of the crawfish, Palinurus elephas, so it was not surprising that the crew of the trawler had not seen [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://yorkshirecoastmaritimearchive.co.uk/?p=511</link>
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		<title>Recent swarming of the Harlequin Ladybird, Harmonia axyridis (Pallas), on the Yorkshire coast.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[D. E. Whittaker The Harlequin ladybird, a recent introduction to the British fauna, is the most variably coloured and patterned ladybird  to be found in the British Isles. Otherwise known as the Multicoloured Asiatic ladybird, it was introduced into Europe as a biological control agent, spreading rapidly through western Europe, then to the British Isles, [...]]]></description>
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