green fishery Esp. Nfld, Hist.
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See also: banks fishery green fish ship fishery wet fishery
- 1960  There were two methods employed in the fishery. In the "green" or "wet" fishery, the catch was salted directly on board ship; in the "dry" or "shore" fishery, the catch was taken ashore and dried on specially built stagings or "flakes."