Report of the Commissioner - United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries . OUNDS, AND FYKES. In the United States by far the greatest weight of summer market-fish,with the exception, perhaps, of the cod, shad, and menhaden, is taken inthe more elaborate constructions, variously known as traps, pounds, heart 260 EEPOET OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. nets, weirs, &c. These may consist entirely of netting, of brush or oflaths, or a combination of two or more of these materials, the construc-tion, in form and material, varying in different parts of our sea-coast orof the great lakes. Th
Report of the Commissioner - United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries . OUNDS, AND FYKES. In the United States by far the greatest weight of summer market-fish,with the exception, perhaps, of the cod, shad, and menhaden, is taken inthe more elaborate constructions, variously known as traps, pounds, heart 260 EEPOET OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. nets, weirs, &c. These may consist entirely of netting, of brush or oflaths, or a combination of two or more of these materials, the construc-tion, in form and material, varying in different parts of our sea-coast orof the great lakes. The apparatus constructed of nets is used princi-pally on the south side of New England and on the lakes, and in itssimplest form, is as described by Mr. South wick on page 10, accompa-nied by a diagram. The trap-net proper (Fig. 3) is peculiar to the watersof Rhode Island, especially the Seaconnet River, and is illustrated inthe accompanying figure, as well as by that on page 10. The followingaccount of this trap, and the mode of using it, I owe to Mr. Southwick. Fig. 3. no Point Jl. I. SOCTliWICK. Newpoi:t, November 20, 1871. Dear Sir : A trap, or square trap as sometimes called, is simply an oblong square box of netting, open at the inshore and above ends, to one edge of which is attached a leader running toward or on the shore, where it is fastened by an anchor or to some object. The lower edge of the leader is kept on the bottom by a chain or stones lashed APPARATUS USED IN CAPTURING FISH. 261 to it, and the upper edge of both leader and trap is floated by corks, and all kept inplace by anchors attached by cables to the upper corners. There are no polesdriven into the sea-bottom, as in the heart-seine. The netting, therefore, has a certainamount of swing with the tide. The mouth of the trap (or upper end) is kept for the time on the bottom by leadsstrung on a line and seized to the line run through the meshes that passes across thebottom, up the end of the side opposite the
Size: 1261px × 1981px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1870, booksubjectfisheries, bookyear18
