List of fishing gears terms
Sub-sectors and branches of fishing gears
(nets which are usually set from a boat, and can be operated either from the shore (beach seines) or from the boat itself (e.g., Danish or Scottish seines).)
(net which catches fish by surrounding them both from the sides and from underneath, thus preventing them from escaping in deep waters by diving downwards. ** Apart from a few exceptions, they are surface nets in which the float line is supported by numerous floats. It's mostly used in the open ocean to catch dense schools of single-species pelagic fish.)
(A large net with a wide opening, that according to the type, is use at the bottom or in midwater(pelagic) in seas or oceans, dragged by one or many boats in order to catch fish (especially shrimps, catfish, etc).)
Below is a glossary of 2 fishing gears terms with definition, examples, transcription, and translations as used in the context of fishing gears.
Mesh size (noun)
Mesh size: Mesh size shall be defined in relationship to the bag of a net to mean the dimension of one of the open spaces between the cords of a net taken or measured at the 50th space or wet and out-stretched net, or any dimension of a consecutive 50th space of the net measured when the net is under normal pressure, wet and stretched out.... Mesh size (read more)
Diving suit (noun)
Diving suit: a waterproof suit used by divers , having a heavy detachable helmet and an air supply via a tube... Diving suit (read more)
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