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   1 1988 Evening Telegram 26 July, p. 3 Salt fish is given one of three possible grades: choice, standard and cullage.
   2 [1915] 1930 COAKER 98 Such a movement [to equip Labrador schooners with motors] would drive hundreds [of vessels] out of the race for fish, as only a few would secure engines thereby monopolizing to a large extent the choice trap berths along the coast. 1960 Assoc Am Geog l, 274 The codtrap berths were graded choice, prime, seconds, and fly, in that order, according to the run of fish taken from them. The choice berths provided large catches and were fairly dependable from year to year. 1987 POWELL 82 At that time of summer all the choice trap berths were taken by the local fishermen [on the Labrador].

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