Mincarlo (trawler)

Okay kiddo, so there's this big boat called a trawler. Sometimes people use it to catch fish in the sea. It's like going on a fishing trip in a giant boat.

Now, Mincarlo is a special type of trawler that was made a long time ago, in 1936. It's really old! But people still talk about it because it was a very important boat in its time.

Mincarlo was made to catch herring, which is a type of fish that used to be very popular to eat. The boat was designed to be very strong, so it could handle rough waves in the sea. It was also really big, with a lot of space inside for the fishermen to work and sleep.

The way Mincarlo caught herring was kind of interesting. The boat had a big net that they would drop into the water. The net would hang below the boat, and the boat would go slowly through the water, dragging the net behind it. The net would catch lots of fish as it went, and when they pulled it back up onto the boat, all the fish would be inside.

Mincarlo was really important for the fishermen who used it because it meant they could catch lots of fish all at once. But over time, people started to worry about too many fish being caught and the impact it had on the environment. So, a lot of trawlers like Mincarlo don't catch as much fish anymore.

But Mincarlo is still around today! It's been fixed up and people can visit it like a museum to learn all about how it used to work. Even though it's old, it's still really cool to see and learn about all the big fish it used to catch.