Around 90 percent of the world's fishermen use small boats to land 50 percent of the global catch. For some, like the dulse harvesters of Grand Manan, Canada, the Lunenburg dories they use display the lines of an ancient design. For others, like the seiners of Alaska, aluminum skiffs like those manufactured by Snow's Boats are in the vanguard of design.Among oyster tongers in Mississippi Sound, south of Mobile, Ala., Bosarge skiffs have been popular for decades. Fishermen shifting to oyster farming have a new option from DLBA Naval Architects in Chesapeake, Va. While some small-boat fishermen build their own boats or use stock boats like Lund aluminum skiffs or fiberglass Carolina skiffs, many small boats have evolved to serve particular fisheries.
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