Periliminary investigations on sun-hemp twine as a fishing net material
Periliminary investigations on sun-hemp twine as a fishing net material
Date
1959
Authors
Miyamoto, H.
Shariff, A.T.
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Publisher
ICAR
Abstract
THE sun-hemp twine is an important net-making material in India next only to cotton and coconut fibre. Though the fishermen throughout the coast line of India are using sun-hemp twines for gill-nets, boat-seines, beach seines, ba-g-nets, stake-nets, etc., the characteristics of the twine as a fishing gear material have not yet been investigated. In these experiments, we have carried out a preliminary investigation on breaking strength, breaking stretch and rotting of the twines during continuous immersion in sea-water with a view to taking up further investigations on improving the tWine as a gear material.
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Keywords
Fishing net materials, crotalilria juncea, fibre
Citation
Indian Journal of Fisheries 1959: 6(2), 389-398