Containing nearly 100 designs of nets and riggings, this catalogue provides a standard reference work for fishermen, netmakers, fishing technologists, fishery officers, instructors and anyone concerned with the efficient use of fishing gear. The information provided here, although concise and restricted to the essentials, is sufficiently detailed to enable users to make comparisons and decisions based on local conditions, fish sought and availability. Designs selected for commercial efficiency include trawls (bottom and midwater), Danish seines, lampara, purse seines, liftnets, stownet, gillnets and tangle nets, pots, dredges, lines. The book contains parallel texts in English, French and Spanish.
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Text: English, French, Spanish
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