Food in Abundcmcc
37
Skagen or ‘S’—wing trawl used increasingly by European and
‘
Canadian shermen.
.
…
…
,
,
,
.
.
_
When nets are not used, the commercial-sheries fall
on
equipment more often associated with the sports
andlines—and in some cases such as tuna shing the techniques are
not so very different. When a shoal of tuna has been spotted breaking
the surface, the shing boat slowly approaches the sh and releases
live hait from special compartments… Atthe same time,;the boat
churns up the water to conceal its presence and, to attract the tuna
tothe hait. The excited tuna feed voraciously in theswirling water,
snapping at anything which ashes in the water—including
_
baitedhooks. Teams of shermen workingfrom platforms lowered
over the side cast their lines as fast as they Can… go. Each line ends
With a barbless hook so that as
soon as a sh bites,— the sherman can
pullit out of the water and
the sh in such a way that—it falls
off,the hook. Even as the tuna,falls tothe deck, the hook is Sailing;
back through the air towards the“ shoal of threshing.Sh.The use of '
hooks and line, this time for demerSal and mid—Water sh, does-not
seem quite so exciting but it is justas protable. Long lines With—as—
many as ve hundred branches are lowered in
water… Each
branch carries a barbed hook baited with atasty morsel» suchas a
piece of squid or a small sh, guaranteed to tempt a cod or a haddock…
Once the line has been shot the upper end is made fast to ’am‘arker
the shing boat moves off to lay down more long
Gill nets, seines, trawls and long‘lines all belong to the large—scale
operators,_but shermen in various partsof«the world have
practicallÿ every conceivable way of catching shfrom Wov.én basket
traps to enlisting the
of shing birds like
shag. In local ;ternis such methods, may be entirely Sufcient _but
they; are
make any;, impact oh.»the majoræSheries.,»aQother methodssuch
;pumpiç‘Shing‘
'
might well maketheir markirï- years to,come.
;i…
-
::»“*;SOÏ far electric
been restricted 1arg€lyçtofresh—Water
localities‘.» It;reliesæon the
anodic effect;
electric eld
"
sh tend—to
;themselVes
the anode
;“it,&
but—,; before LrCàChig; it,v— they… usually become
turning-oh
To, obtain -the«best results a=_direCt* current
Unformnately sea—Wät©r…wlth; its*high content of.__sàlts
electricity far
«fr‘esh water and, m, have the necessary.
inuence: en «the—sh; Very, high currents and i“ÎhCI'CbY15V€ÈY high
37
Skagen or ‘S’—wing trawl used increasingly by European and
‘
Canadian shermen.
.
…
…
,
,
,
.
.
_
When nets are not used, the commercial-sheries fall
on
equipment more often associated with the sports
andlines—and in some cases such as tuna shing the techniques are
not so very different. When a shoal of tuna has been spotted breaking
the surface, the shing boat slowly approaches the sh and releases
live hait from special compartments… Atthe same time,;the boat
churns up the water to conceal its presence and, to attract the tuna
tothe hait. The excited tuna feed voraciously in theswirling water,
snapping at anything which ashes in the water—including
_
baitedhooks. Teams of shermen workingfrom platforms lowered
over the side cast their lines as fast as they Can… go. Each line ends
With a barbless hook so that as
soon as a sh bites,— the sherman can
pullit out of the water and
the sh in such a way that—it falls
off,the hook. Even as the tuna,falls tothe deck, the hook is Sailing;
back through the air towards the“ shoal of threshing.Sh.The use of '
hooks and line, this time for demerSal and mid—Water sh, does-not
seem quite so exciting but it is justas protable. Long lines With—as—
many as ve hundred branches are lowered in
water… Each
branch carries a barbed hook baited with atasty morsel» suchas a
piece of squid or a small sh, guaranteed to tempt a cod or a haddock…
Once the line has been shot the upper end is made fast to ’am‘arker
the shing boat moves off to lay down more long
Gill nets, seines, trawls and long‘lines all belong to the large—scale
operators,_but shermen in various partsof«the world have
practicallÿ every conceivable way of catching shfrom Wov.én basket
traps to enlisting the
of shing birds like
shag. In local ;ternis such methods, may be entirely Sufcient _but
they; are
make any;, impact oh.»the majoræSheries.,»aQother methodssuch
;pumpiç‘Shing‘
'
might well maketheir markirï- years to,come.
;i…
-
::»“*;SOÏ far electric
been restricted 1arg€lyçtofresh—Water
localities‘.» It;reliesæon the
anodic effect;
electric eld
"
sh tend—to
;themselVes
the anode
;“it,&
but—,; before LrCàChig; it,v— they… usually become
turning-oh
To, obtain -the«best results a=_direCt* current
Unformnately sea—Wät©r…wlth; its*high content of.__sàlts
electricity far
«fr‘esh water and, m, have the necessary.
inuence: en «the—sh; Very, high currents and i“ÎhCI'CbY15V€ÈY high