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The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 07:24, 5 February 2020 (UTC)

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Haaf net fishing

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  • ... that Haaf net fishing is a fishing technique only found in one estuary in Britain using equipment, invented by the Vikings, that looks like a giant butterfly net? Source: (1)"Fight to save 1,000-year-old fishing technique". BBC News.; (2)"'Viking' salmon fishery under threat from new laws". The Telegraph. haaf nets are said to have been used in the Solway estuary for a thousand years...The method is not used anywhere else in the UK; (3)"Haaf netters fear for fishing's future". BBC News. ...home-made "haafs", which are shaped like giant butterfly nets...

Created by DeCausa (talk). Self-nominated at 22:40, 25 January 2020 (UTC).

  • Hi DeCausa, this is actually an article I considered starting when I saw it in the news, but you've done it better justice than I could have. Excellent work! Article created 23 January; article is well written and exceeds minimum length; article is cited inline to reliable sources throughout; I didn't notice any overly close paraphrasing from the sources I accessed; I find both hooks interesting and mentioned in the article, I'ved AGF on the Telegraph which I can't access but everything else checks out; a QPQ has been completed. looks good to me - Dumelow (talk) 10:26, 28 January 2020 (UTC)
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