. Commercial fisheries review. Fisheries; Fish trade. Fig, 26 - A 10-hook "basket" of long-line gear used on the Oregon. eration labor, materials, and equipment the Gulf have not progressed to the point the relative merits of (1) conven- tional Japanese-style gear, (2) all nylongear using a drum hauler, and (3) all wire geax. Continuing stud- ies by Pacific Oceanic Investiga- tions on wire gear may indicate a clear superiority of this type of gear. Or, as seems probable, several kinds of long-line gear may prove useful depending on types of ves- sels available. DESCRIPTION OF LONG-LI
. Commercial fisheries review. Fisheries; Fish trade. Fig, 26 - A 10-hook "basket" of long-line gear used on the Oregon. eration labor, materials, and equipment the Gulf have not progressed to the point the relative merits of (1) conven- tional Japanese-style gear, (2) all nylongear using a drum hauler, and (3) all wire geax. Continuing stud- ies by Pacific Oceanic Investiga- tions on wire gear may indicate a clear superiority of this type of gear. Or, as seems probable, several kinds of long-line gear may prove useful depending on types of ves- sels available. DESCRIPTION OF LONG-LINE GEAR USED ON THE OREGON Long-line gear consists of three basic components: the main- line, the branch lines (gangions), and the buoys with buoy lines. The basic unit of long-line gear is the "basket" which contains a section of mainline and the attached branch pig. 27 - The swivelled becket used for spacing branch lines on the lines as shown in figure 26. (Grad- mainline. * Fishery Methods andEquipmentSpecialist,Exploratory Fishing andGearDevelopment Section, Branch of Commercial Fish- eries, U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Pascagoula, Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original United States. National Marine Fisheries Service; U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service; United States. Bureau of Commericial Fisheries. [Washington] : National Marine Fisheries Service; [for sale by the Supt. of Docs. , U. S. Govt. Print. Off. ]
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