buy boat

plural buy boats

1. A boat used to buy the catch from fishing boats while they are at sea and then sell it at a market.

   Each buy boat must have a dealer permit issued under this section.

   1982, The Code of Federal Regulations of the United States of America, U.S. Government Printing Office, page 305

   2 more examples

   When the captain is buying crabs on his own responsibility and selling them where he chooses it is styled a “buy boat.”

   1919, Edward Perry Churchill, Crab Industry of Chesapeake Bay, U.S. Government Printing Office, page 19

   The basket signaled that the captain was buying oysters, and the buy boat was soon surrounded by sailing craft, like a hen with a flock of young chicks.

   2007, John Wennersten, The Oyster Wars of Chesapeake Bay, Lulu.com, page 30