Properties and performance of fishing hooks
Properties and performance of fishing hooks
Date
1997
Authors
Varghese, M.D.
George, V.C.
Gopalakrishna Pillai, A.G.
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Society of Fisheries Technologis(India)
Abstract
The physical and chemical properties of indigenous as well as imported hooks
along with comparative fishing performance are studied. The inter relationship
between different numbering systems and dimensions are worked out. It was
observed that the physical parameters and breaking load were independent of hook
shape. The proportion of constituent elements differed in different samples. The
hooks with a coating of Nickel and Tin did not register signs of corrosion. The
hooking rate of both imported and indigenous hooks was comparable but the latter
was fragile and prone to deformation.
Cataloguing of the physical parameters and properties of indigenous hooks
and their inter relationships will serve as a reference guide for manufacturers to
offer appropriate hook sizes for the users.
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Fish Technol. 34(1): 39-44