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- noun Plural form of
scalloper .
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Examples
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Yeah, you guys are allright... but after all i have seen you got nothin on the scallopers out of new bedford.
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It is paid by fishermen and oystermen and scallopers, who can no longer make a living from our contaminated waters.
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He and two loyalists managed to lock themselves in the pilot house while the swashhuckling scallopers cut the navigational and electrical wires and trashed the deck.
Cape Cod Mutiny 2008
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Some scallopers now dredge in up to 400 feet of water, which is more than 100 miles from the shore in some East Coast locations.
The Deadliness Below 2007
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Around then, New Bedford scallopers began to face broad closures of fishing waters due to overfishing.
Washington Post: Breaking News, World, US, DC News & Analysis Jay Lindsay 2011
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"It's a lot easier when he's on your side," said Peter Shelley, a senior counsel at the Conservation Law Foundation, which has disagreed with Frank on management of the region's scallopers and bottom-dwelling groundfish.
Washington Post: Breaking News, World, US, DC News & Analysis Jay Lindsay 2011
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Around then, New Bedford scallopers began to face broad closures of fishing waters due to overfishing.
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"It's a lot easier when he's on your side," said Peter Shelley of the Conservation Law Foundation, which has disagreed with Frank on management of the region's scallopers and bottom-dwelling groundfish.
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Governor Patrick was honored by FSF and the scallop community last Friday in New Bedford, where he and members of his administration were joined by local elected officials, including New Bedford Mayor Scott Lang, to participate also in a roundtable discussion with scallopers.
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Meanwhile as well as plentiful prawn and white fish by-catch landings, Fraserburgh last week saw scallopers plus steady mackerel landings from the under 10m fleet.
Fishupdate.com 2010
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