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As Edinburgh and Dublin clash in distant boardrooms, Irish trawlermen continue to drop nets around Rockall, now under the watchful eye of Scottish enforcement vessels.—Greg Noone, Smithsonian, 30 Oct. 2019 Nancy Astor meeting trawlermen on the Barbican, 1919 The Box (Plymouth Museums Galleries Archives)
But the letters Astor received were not always positive.—Suyin Haynes, Time, 2 Dec. 2019 These trawlermen have come back from the North Atlantic, where conditions are treacherous.—Greg Noone, Smithsonian, 30 Oct. 2019 Last year, its trawlermen landed almost 200,000 tonnes of fish, helping to feed a burgeoning national export market for seafood.—Greg Noone, Smithsonian, 30 Oct. 2019 During last year’s Brexit referendum campaign, a flotilla of trawlermen steamed up the Thames to protest against European Union fishing quotas.—The Economist, 5 July 2017
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