trawlers

was out in a hotel in donabate friday last saw 2 trawlers about 500 yrds off donabate beach both where large boats and where moving in small circles i left 5 hrs later they were still there lights blazing just wondering what they might be after

might have been after cockles

yeah probably dredging for cockles and razor

Derek,

They're dredging for razor and whelks !

Romantic you ...out in Donabate ...well for some !!

i have never heard of them dredging for whelks before.
whelks are normally caught in pots in fairly deep water.

Its a method called suction dredging !

i know the methods they use for the cockles and razors, never ever heard of them targeting whelks the same way.