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A fishing weir, fish weir, fishgarth [1] or kiddle [2] is an obstruction placed in tidal waters, or wholly or partially across a river, to direct the passage of, or trap fish. A weir may be used to trap marine fish in the intertidal zone as the tide recedes, fish such as salmon as they attempt to swim upstream to breed in a river, or eels as ...
Fish may be caught by gillnets in three ways: Wedged – held by the mesh around the body. Gilled – held by mesh slipping behind the opercula. Tangled – held by teeth, spines, maxillaries, or other protrusions without the body penetrating the mesh. Most fish have gills. A fish swims into a net and passes only part way through the mesh.
Putcher fishing is a type of fishing (usually of salmon) which employs multiple putcher baskets, set in a fixed wooden frame, against the tide in a river estuary, notably on the River Severn, in England and South East Wales. Putchers are placed in rows, standing four or five high, in a wooden "rank" set out against the incoming and/or outgoing ...
Fish nests (sometimes called "miracle holes"; natively known by various names like amatong, balirong, gango, tambon, etc.) is a traditional fish trap originating from the Philippines. It is a fish aggregating device , essentially an artificial reef , consisting of a conical pile of mangrove wood, waterlogged bamboo, rocks, and/or other ...
A hand-tinted postcard of a fish wheel on the lower Columbia River around 1910. The abundance of salmon in the Columbia River of Oregon state made the area popular to Euro-American traders and business-people in the nineteenth century, those whom quickly anchored a profitable business of trade with Indigenous communities, riverboats, and steamships traveling along the Pacific coast.
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The Kuki people of India, Burma, and Bangladesh use many kinds of traps and snares, including the Bawm (basket trap). Ngoituh is a method of using dams and baskets in a flowing river to catch fish. The Gogodala women of Papua New Guinea earn income from their making of fishing baskets.
A BEG model is applied when a fishery harvests salmon in a manner that will allow managers to determine the desired spawning destination for that population of salmon. Sustainable Escapement Goals (SEGs) are the amount of escapement needed, specified by an index or escapement estimate; that is known to provide a sustainable yield over a period ...