Purse seine and its operation
Purse seine and its operation
Date
2002
Authors
Pravin, P.
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Publisher
Central Institute of Fisheries Technology
Abstract
Purse seining is one of the most aggressive, efficient and advanced fishing methods. It
is aimed mainly at catching dense, mobile schools of pelagic fish and includes all the
elements of searching, hunting and capture.Purse seines were used as early as 200 years ago and the modern purse seine started evolving about 100 years ago.
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Keywords
Purse seine, advanced fishing, triplex roller
Citation
In Winter School manual on "Advances in Harvest Technology" organized by CIFT at Cochin 20 Nov - 19 Dec 2002, 343-361