Spotter pilots
directed the
captain of the
mother ship
to schools of
menhaden,
where two
purse boats
with seines
would be
deployed to
collect the fish.
The purse boats
then returned to
the mother ship
with nets filled.
Darker areas of
water were a
telltale sign of
fish for spotter
pilots.
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