Fishery
fishery that takes place near the shore in small boats
Inshore Fishery (Prize)
type of line used by inshore fishermen
What is a handline (Prize)
type of economy where people use money to buy things
What is a consumer economy (Prize)
The most prized product of the seal hunt in the 1800s was? A) oil B) meat c) fur
what is oil? (prize)
Used most often by fishermen to preserve fish
What is salt? (Prize)
fishery where fishermen travel offshore in schooners, with small boats on board
What is the bank fishery
type of line used by fishermen in the bank fishery
What is a trawl line? (Prize)
knitting your own clothing would occur in what type of economy?
What is subsistance economy
The branch of the seal fishery in which seals could be caught close to the shore was known as
What is the landsman's hunt? (free question)
the system of trade used between merchants and fishermen was known as?
What is the truck system? (free question)
fishermen in the Labrador fishery salted the fish onshore
Stationers (Prize)
fish are laid out to dry on these
What are flakes? (Prize)
Raising your own cattle for milk would occur in which type of economy?
What is subsistance economy
Name of the weapon used to kill seals in the 1800s
What is a gaff? (prize)
Number one occupation in NL in the 1800s?
What is fisherman?
Fishermen in the Labrador fishery who travel in their boats keeping their cod on board until the return to Newfoundland are called
Floaters (Prize)
Large vessels used in the bank fishery were called?
What are schooners? (free question)
Paying rent for a house would likely occur in what type of economy?
What is consumer economy? (Prize)
Name of the sailing vessel tragically lost in a blizzard in 1914, 173 lives lost
What is the SS Southern Cross? (Prize)
People who caught animals and traded them for materials were known as?
What is trappers? (Prize)
Once fish was cured, it was sold to the merchants in quintals. How much is a quintal?
112 lbs (free question)
Used as bait to catch cod
What is capelin, salmon, shellfish, etc.
Cutting firewood for heat would occur in which economy?
What is subsistance economy (free question)
The name of the seal fishery that took place in the Gulf of St. Lawrence and off the coasts of northeastern NL and Lab.
What is the offshore hunt? (Prize)
Considered one of NL's greatest shipbuilders?
Who is Michael Kearney