. Commercial fisheries review. Fisheries; Fish trade. 12 COMMERCIAL FISHERIES REVIEW Vol. 16, No. 11 haul various portions of the seine according to preassignment and keeps the lead and cork lines well separated while setting. By the new drum system (Anonymous 1953), the net is set and hauled from a fixed reel set in a tank in the stern. The net is set in a fairly straight line or an elongated hook and the circle may be completed by towing on one or both ends by either or both the fish- ing vessel and the power- ed skiff. The procedure depends on the type of set most advantageous for the local
. Commercial fisheries review. Fisheries; Fish trade. 12 COMMERCIAL FISHERIES REVIEW Vol. 16, No. 11 haul various portions of the seine according to preassignment and keeps the lead and cork lines well separated while setting. By the new drum system (Anonymous 1953), the net is set and hauled from a fixed reel set in a tank in the stern. The net is set in a fairly straight line or an elongated hook and the circle may be completed by towing on one or both ends by either or both the fish- ing vessel and the power- ed skiff. The procedure depends on the type of set most advantageous for the locality and the behavior of the fish. When "pursing" or closing the bottom, on- ly the forward purse line is taken to the winch while the after purse line and a portion of the seine are wound on the drum. The purse line finally becomes taut between the davit and the reel. The remaining purse rings are picked up on an elongated "U" iron or "clothespin" suspended in a near horizontal posi- tion by a bridle from the boom. As the net contin- ues to be reeled on, suc- cessive rings slip off the clothespin as the lead and ring lines become tight. A proportionate length of purse line is paid through the rings to be reeled on the drum with the seine. No effort is made to keep the cork and lead lines separated as in conventional practice, but one of the prob- lems is to reel the seine evenly and tightly so that it will not bind while being set. Before being woiond on the drum, the seine passes over a horizontal roller 8 to 10 inches in diameter and then between a pair of vertical rollers mounted on a traveler controlled by hand through a level wind gear. The vertical fair lead rollers are about 8 inches in diameter and 30 inches high with a free space of about 10 inches between them. They are mounted on a hinge so they can be tipped inboard to avoid tearing the net while setting. The power skiff plays an important part in drum seining for one of its functions i
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