Talk:Waterman (occupation)

message: The article says "City of London", but I strongly suspect it should simply be London, which isn't the same thing.  165.189.91.148 20:26, 8 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[City of London]] or [[London]]? 

message: I've taken a run at formatting the lists. Does this work better? Ground Zero | t 22:58, 19 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Lists

message: looks good to me....many thanks. fidget2006 |  22:00, 27 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  re list 

message: -- needs another entry to distinguish from watermen who helped keep cabs and cab-horses clean in Victorian period, and had nothing to do with river-work ... see http://www.victorianlondon.org/transport/cabs.htm#waterman -- —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 62.255.105.83 (talk) 17:52, 26 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  moved from article. 

message: Not all watermen are British....
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post_now/post/28000-ghost-crab-pots-removed-from-bay/2011/04/25/AFlX4qgE_blog.html
04/25/2011
28,000 ‘ghost’ crab pots removed from Bay
By Associated Press<BR>
Virginia watermen have removed more than 28,000 "ghost" crab pots from the Chesapeake Bay watershed over the past three years as part of a federal and state effort to restore the crab population.
...The state outfitted 70 watermen, many of whom were unemployed because the state canceled ...
google Chesapeake watermen -About 173,000 results
Watermen of the Chesapeake Bay - Chesapeake Bay Gateways Network
http://www.baygateways.net/watermen.cfm  › 
Driving Tours: Watermen of the Chesapeake Bay. Watermen make their living harvesting the Bay’s finfish, shellfish, eels and crabs. Independent and self-employed, they own their boats and choose their catch. It’s a tough, physically demanding way of life, and it’s been going on for hundreds of years. ...
Amazon.com: The Watermen of the Chesapeake Bay (9780870333743 ...
www.amazon.com › ... › Arts & Photography › Photography › 
http://www.amazon.com/Watermen-Chesapeake-John-Hurt-Whitehead/dp/0870333747
Waterman Explained | SURFLINE.COM
http://www.surfline.com/surfing-a-to-z/waterman-explained_943/ - CachedSimilar
What is a waterman? Webster defined waterman as a person who makes his living from the water (as by fishing, crabbing, or oystering), and it is of Middle ... British seadogs aside, the Hawaiian Islands probably sport the highest concentration of true watermen as we use the term today. ...
These false idols aside, plenty of authentic waterman still exist along shorelines worldwide. -- Greg Heller, January 2001  --69.228.14.23 (talk) 11:13, 17 July 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Chesapeake Bay, Hawaiian watermen, etc 

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