. Commercial fisheries review. Fisheries; Fish trade. 42 varying from up to 10 inches (stretched mesh) at the mouth, and tapering to j to 3- of an inch in the bag or cod end. The overall size of the nets ranges from 20 to 25 feet wide by 10 to 20 feet deep at the mouth, and 60 to 80 feet long. A bateau or canoe-type boat (figs. 4 and 5) of up to about 16 feet is used to tend the nets (2 to 10 in number of units) and to transfer catches ashore. The usual sequence of operations is: 1. At fishing site, the net is streamed in- to the current caused by tidal flow (fig. 6). 2. The forward (mouth) po
. Commercial fisheries review. Fisheries; Fish trade. 42 varying from up to 10 inches (stretched mesh) at the mouth, and tapering to j to 3- of an inch in the bag or cod end. The overall size of the nets ranges from 20 to 25 feet wide by 10 to 20 feet deep at the mouth, and 60 to 80 feet long. A bateau or canoe-type boat (figs. 4 and 5) of up to about 16 feet is used to tend the nets (2 to 10 in number of units) and to transfer catches ashore. The usual sequence of operations is: 1. At fishing site, the net is streamed in- to the current caused by tidal flow (fig. 6). 2. The forward (mouth) portion of the net is retained at bow of boat. The footrope holding poles (fig. 7), with either vine or chain rings, are put to one side of Fig. 6 - Fisherman overhauling Chinese seine net during setting procedure. Nets are fixed to stakes and fished by tidal action. Catches are taken from net at slack 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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