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—Probablemente una barca de pesca que quiere asegurarse de estar en el caladero al amanecer —sugirió Keller.
“Probably a fishing boat making sure of being ready on the fishing grounds by sunrise,” said Keller.
Los vascos establecieron sus caladeros secretos y sagrados junto a las costas de Terranova hace mil doscientos años.
The Basque established their secret sacred fishing grounds off the coast of Newfoundland twelve hundred years back.
La mayoría de los pescadores se habían marchado, volvían a sus caladeros para otra captura, cuyo producto les llevarían a los marathas por la noche.
Most of the fishermen had cast off, heading back to their fishing grounds for another catch, which they would take to the Marathas in the evening.
Cuando al cabo de dos horas los barcos llegaron al caladero, aquel velero no largó las redes, como el resto.
Two hours later, when the boats reached the fishing ground, the same sailboat didn’t cast her nets like all the rest.
Lo dijo cuando tuvo que vender el barco porque se agotaban los caladeros, porque estaba enfermo o porque no sabía pescar, quién sabe;
When he had to sell his boat, either because the fishing grounds were almost fished out, or the price of fish was going down, or because he was ill or not a good fisherman, who could say.
Su excusa era que años atrás las flotas pesqueras llegadas de Corea del Sur y Taiwán habían acabado con sus caladeros tradicionales, dejándolos sin recursos para sobrevivir.
Their excuse was that, years ago, fishing fleets from South Korea and Taiwan had arrived and gutted their traditional fishing grounds, from which they had made a livelihood.
Detrás de esto, la embarcación quedaba abierta a los elementos, y, debajo de la cubierta, funcionaba un poderoso motor capaz de llevarla a los caladeros del mar del Norte, en viaje de ida y vuelta.
Aft of the rear bulkhead she was open to the elements, and beneath the deck lay a powerful engine capable of taking her through the wild North Sea to the fishing grounds and back.
Esta capacidad para navegar en mar abierto la aprendieron otros europeos, y el mar del Norte se convirtió en un importante caladero.[2] Es aquí donde podemos ver lo crucial que la geografía de los mares (y en particular del paisaje del fondo marino) ha sido en la historia.
These skills of the open sea were learned by other Europeans, and the North Sea became an important fishing ground.2 And it’s here that we can see how crucial the geography of the seas – and the landscape of the seafloor in particular – has been in history.
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