. Atoll research bulletin. Coral reefs and islands; Marine biology; Marine sciences. CATCHING ROOM. Sketch-view of a trap with two retaining room COLLECTING EXTENSIONS O40m 0 5 10m Fig 7 : Diagram of a typical Tikehau fish trap (actually fish-trap n°2, see text for more details). As shown in the framed sketch-view, there can be two retaining rooms. Dotted line : wire-net, underlined number : depth at which the part of the trap is set. The general shape of a Tikehau fish trap is presented on Fig. 7. A fish - or a school of fish - coming across the large collecting extensions of wire net (locall
. Atoll research bulletin. Coral reefs and islands; Marine biology; Marine sciences. CATCHING ROOM. Sketch-view of a trap with two retaining room COLLECTING EXTENSIONS O40m 0 5 10m Fig 7 : Diagram of a typical Tikehau fish trap (actually fish-trap n°2, see text for more details). As shown in the framed sketch-view, there can be two retaining rooms. Dotted line : wire-net, underlined number : depth at which the part of the trap is set. The general shape of a Tikehau fish trap is presented on Fig. 7. A fish - or a school of fish - coming across the large collecting extensions of wire net (locally termed Rauroa) are naturally driven toward the catching room (locally called Aua) in which they enter through a narrow opening. At least every day, trapped fish are herded off the trap by fishermen banging on the water surface and driven into a first retaining room (Tipua) where they can be held alive for a couple of weeks until they are sold. The fish are landed when the small trading vessel, able to load between 12 and 15 metric tons of catches, arrives at Tikehau (usually once a week), and subsequently shipped to 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 Smithsonian Institution. Press; National Research Council (U. S. ). Pacific Science Board; Smithsonian Institution; National Museum of Natural History (U. S. ); United States. Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife. Washington, D. C. : [Smithsonian Press]
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