Crab cutter
A shrimp cutter is a fishing vessel specially equipped for catching North Sea shrimp ( called crabs or garnets in the kitchen language ) in shallow water , the trawls of which are guided in pairs on the sides by means of outriggers.
Construction
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A diesel engine is used to drive the ship , which drives a propeller, which in most cases is shrouded. The length of the cutter can be up to 20 m, the width up to 4.5 m. A draft of around 1.8 m is rarely exceeded. These types of ships are stationed on the North Sea and the Baltic Sea in small ports (cutter harbors), which often also have a processing plant for the landed catch. The well-known cutter ports include Dorum , Greetsiel and Fedderwardersiel .
As a sensitive food , the shrimp have to be cooked on board. This takes place directly in the extracted seawater in a boiling kettle, which gives the animals their special aroma . Rubbish generated during processing is mostly thrown overboard, which is why shrimp cutters are usually followed by a flock of seagulls .
In Germany today only around 280 cutters fish for shrimp on the North and Baltic Seas. Catching is done using two outriggers, the beam trawls invented in Tönning , on which the nets are lowered into the water from the side and then pulled over the seabed on rollers, frightening and catching the crabs (basic net = "Kurre").
American shrimp cutters are usually around 10 m longer than German cutters, which is explained by the rougher sea conditions in the Atlantic , Pacific and especially the Bering Sea .
Like all cutters used for fishing, shrimp cutters also require registration in the home port and must have a fishing license plate , consisting of a sequence of one to five letters for the home port and a registration number, on the bow of the vessel .
