In 1979, fishing boats were estimated at 325, 13 being commercial trawlers; the rest small and medium-sized boats.
This fish is sometimes collected by commercial trawlers, and is popular with saltwater fish aquarists.
Many blackish stingrays are captured incidentally by commercial bottom trawlers off the Chinese coast.
In 1930 two keepers rescued four crew members of the wrecked commercial trawler George Aunger by swimming out to it.
Finally, they see a large quantity of commercial trawlers, ships that are fishing in the Antarctic waters, and Mumble follows them.
The fishing fleet that has been beached for weeks returned to the waters today, a couple dozen small boats and many large commercial trawlers.
Most commercial fisheries do not target Alaska plaice; but many are caught as bycatch by commercial trawlers trying to catch other bottom fish.
This had an effect as the attacking ship, although under no threat from the commercial trawlers, changed course and broke off its attack.
In mid-June, she was also called upon to spend two days shadowing a Soviet intelligence-gathering ship disguised as a commercial trawler.
It is caught incidentally by commercial trawlers, but is hardy enough to usually be returned to the water alive.