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  2. Tangle net - Wikipedia

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    Diagram of a tangle net shown upright for viewing. When used by fishermen in the Philippines it is positioned on the sea bottom against a near-vertical underwater cliff wall (drop-off zone). Similar to a gillnet , the tangle net , or tooth net , is a type of nylon fishing net .

  3. Gillnetting - Wikipedia

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    Tangle nets have smaller mesh sizes than standard gillnets. They are designed to catch fish by their nose or jaw, enabling bycatch to be resuscitated and released unharmed. Tangle nets as adapted to the mark-selective fishery for spring Chinook salmon on the lower Columbia River have a standard mesh size of 4 + 1 ⁄ 4 inches (11 cm). Short net ...

  4. Nautical chart - Wikipedia

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    A bearing is the angle between the line joining the two points of interest and the line from one of the points to the north, such as a ship's course or a compass reading to a landmark. On nautical charts, the top of the chart is always true north , rather than magnetic north , towards which a compass points.

  5. Outline of fishing - Wikipedia

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    Lave net – A lave net is a type of fishing net used in river estuaries, particularly in the Severn Estuary in Wales and England to catch salmon. Surrounding net – A surrounding net is a fishing net which surrounds fish on the sides and underneath. Seine net – Seine fishing is a method of fishing that employs a seine or dragnet. Tangle net

  6. Fishing line - Wikipedia

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    Fishing with a hook-and-line setup is called angling.Fish are caught when one are drawn by the bait/lure dressed on the hook into swallowing it in whole, causing in the hook (usually barbed) piercing the soft tissues and anchoring into the mouthparts, gullet or gill, resulting in the fish becoming firmly tethered to the line.

  7. Surrounding net - Wikipedia

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    A surrounding net is deployed by a fishing boat that starts sailing in a circle. This allows for the net to come all the way around 360 degrees to completely surround the fish. This makes it so that there is no escape for the fish. There are floating buoys on the top of the net and weights on the bottom of the net to make sure that it forms a wall.

  8. Monofilament fishing line - Wikipedia

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    DuPont made public in 1938 that their company had invented nylon. [1] This new invention was the first synthetic fiber, fabrics that are commonly used in textiles today. [2] In 1939, DuPont began marketing nylon monofilament fishing lines; however, braided Dacron lines remained the most used and popular fishing line for the next two decades, as early monofilament line was very stiff or "wiry ...

  9. Chinese fishing nets - Wikipedia

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    Chinese fishing nets (Cheena vala in India or tangkul in Indonesia) are a type of stationary lift net in India and Indonesia. They are fishing nets that are fixed land installations for fishing . While commonly known as "Chinese fishing nets" in India, the more formal name for such nets is "shore operated lift nets ". [ 1 ]