. California fish and game. Fisheries -- California; Game and game-birds -- California; Fishes -- California; Animal Population Groups; Pêches; Gibier; Poissons. 186 CALIFORNIA FISH AND GAME A few of tlip terms used in the outline need a little explanation because sea-going fishermen as well as fresh-water anglers are blessed Avith a picturesqueness of language of which exactness in meaning is not an outstanding characteristic. The term "fishing gear" obviously means all the apparatus and implements used in catching fish, except tliat as here used gear does not include the boat emplo
. California fish and game. Fisheries -- California; Game and game-birds -- California; Fishes -- California; Animal Population Groups; Pêches; Gibier; Poissons. 186 CALIFORNIA FISH AND GAME A few of tlip terms used in the outline need a little explanation because sea-going fishermen as well as fresh-water anglers are blessed Avith a picturesqueness of language of which exactness in meaning is not an outstanding characteristic. The term "fishing gear" obviously means all the apparatus and implements used in catching fish, except tliat as here used gear does not include the boat employed in the fishing operations. Incidentally fishing boats are commonly called by the name of the gear fished by them, as gill netter or purse seiner for example, and likewise the men of the boat are designated by the gear they operate so that fishermen may be otter trawlers, hand liners or trammel netters. In fishing, the two words net and seine often may be used inter- changeably. Our words net and knot are related and a net is a fabric. Fig. 69. Hauling a mackerel ring net. The bottom of the net has been pursed so the fish can not escape. The mesh does not show except where it is bunched. Photograph by D. H. Fry, Jr. made by knotting cords leaving openings of unifonu size. Such a fabric or net may therefore be used for confining fish, butterflies or straying locks of hair. In other words it is a very general term. A seine is a large net used to catch fish rather than butterflies, and it hangs vertically in the water with the upper edge buoyed by floats and the lower edge weighted. The word seine is therefore sufficiently gen- eral to warrant its application to many types of fishing nets. A net when laid out, cast, circled or shot is said to be "set" or "in a set" and the captain or the boat itself is said "to set on" a school of fish, but this is not the use of the word "set" as applied in the classification of gear. A net or line is c
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