.
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escape thr0ugh it. The larger, marketable sh are retained, caught
by their gill covers as they try-to retreat out of the mesh. At rst
j
light, the net is hauled in and the captured herrings—several
Îthousand or possibly more—are shaken free on to the deck.
‘
Seine shing has also probably changed very little over the years.
In a sense, this method moved on to a new stage in hunting; instead
'
”
of lying in wait for the sh, the sherman uses “the net to surround
Surface swimming «shoals. When operated atsea, one end of the long
net is attached to a buoy and the‘shing boatÎthen moves o” in a
wide circle slowly paying out the net. On arriving back at the buoy,
the two ends of the net are brought together, an action known as
‘pursing’ the seine, and the netis‘ hauled in.
'
'
The nal stage in sh“hunting‘ comes with the pursuit of prey
typied by trawl shing. However, it is one thing to encircle’ sh with
a net and quite another to collect them in a traWl net pulleda'long
the‘bottom at a majestic speed ofve knots; The rst trawls were
…
cumbersome affairs with a heavy beam placed“…across the top«or
“
head of the net to keep it open. To complete the framework around
the month of the net side—pieces were added to
Eventually
metal runners, like those on a toboggan, joined
piecesso as
to … help the heavy trawl slide overthe sea bed. These beam tràwls
were heavy enough when dry but‘bnce wet aand‘ full of sh they were
almost impossible to handle.
,
ï Ç
…:
…
"
The real “breakthrough’ came in the
the
introduction of the so—calledotter boards. When pulledŒhrou‘ghïthe
water the boards, one on each side of
Sheer aWay
other like kites and keep the month of the netbper—î. The oumberSOme
beam could be di8pensed with and the
rapidly rst from Irish and British îshermen.
Eur0p‘elfandthen— to
more distant parts of the
otter trawls. The rst trawls hadthe *bo:ards?faSten‘ed—ïto the Webbin‘jg
at the side ofthe net. Originally
had hélped
of the net by funnellingsh
its ’môùth,‘bùt with
the wider Opening of thea"%net made p‘0ssibl£a
webbingcould bercduced. Inf. fact;
boards should ' be
t0the net “at
.
trawl was desigedwith long Wire=bridles betweentheh“e‘tandthe
give an even more
'
numerous designs of
tràwl fe‘Xist.i For :eXàrhplethère
the
'
__
and Aberdeen trawls ‘ favoured by
"the
’
36
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'
escape thr0ugh it. The larger, marketable sh are retained, caught
by their gill covers as they try-to retreat out of the mesh. At rst
j
light, the net is hauled in and the captured herrings—several
Îthousand or possibly more—are shaken free on to the deck.
‘
Seine shing has also probably changed very little over the years.
In a sense, this method moved on to a new stage in hunting; instead
'
”
of lying in wait for the sh, the sherman uses “the net to surround
Surface swimming «shoals. When operated atsea, one end of the long
net is attached to a buoy and the‘shing boatÎthen moves o” in a
wide circle slowly paying out the net. On arriving back at the buoy,
the two ends of the net are brought together, an action known as
‘pursing’ the seine, and the netis‘ hauled in.
'
'
The nal stage in sh“hunting‘ comes with the pursuit of prey
typied by trawl shing. However, it is one thing to encircle’ sh with
a net and quite another to collect them in a traWl net pulleda'long
the‘bottom at a majestic speed ofve knots; The rst trawls were
…
cumbersome affairs with a heavy beam placed“…across the top«or
“
head of the net to keep it open. To complete the framework around
the month of the net side—pieces were added to
Eventually
metal runners, like those on a toboggan, joined
piecesso as
to … help the heavy trawl slide overthe sea bed. These beam tràwls
were heavy enough when dry but‘bnce wet aand‘ full of sh they were
almost impossible to handle.
,
ï Ç
…:
…
"
The real “breakthrough’ came in the
the
introduction of the so—calledotter boards. When pulledŒhrou‘ghïthe
water the boards, one on each side of
Sheer aWay
other like kites and keep the month of the netbper—î. The oumberSOme
beam could be di8pensed with and the
rapidly rst from Irish and British îshermen.
Eur0p‘elfandthen— to
more distant parts of the
otter trawls. The rst trawls hadthe *bo:ards?faSten‘ed—ïto the Webbin‘jg
at the side ofthe net. Originally
had hélped
of the net by funnellingsh
its ’môùth,‘bùt with
the wider Opening of thea"%net made p‘0ssibl£a
webbingcould bercduced. Inf. fact;
boards should ' be
t0the net “at
.
trawl was desigedwith long Wire=bridles betweentheh“e‘tandthe
give an even more
'
numerous designs of
tràwl fe‘Xist.i For :eXàrhplethère
the
'
__
and Aberdeen trawls ‘ favoured by
"the
’