An overview of fishing gears and their design and construction
An overview of fishing gears and their design and construction
Date
2009
Authors
Boopendranath, M.R.
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Publisher
Central Institute of Fisheries Technology
Abstract
Fishing gears vary greatly in their structure, materials used and principles of capture process and methods of operation. fishermen may use several fishing gear and methods appropriate for the species and environmental and ground conditions. several systems of classification of fishing gears have been developed based on the principles of capture design and technical features and operational method. fishing gears whether primitive or sophisticated use five mechanisms in the capture process viz., gilling and tangling filtering hooking and searing .
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Keywords
Fishing gears, bottom trawl, otter trawls, shrimp trawl
Citation
Handbook of Fishing Technology, 2009. Ed. by Meenakumari.B et al, 31-66