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A drift net consists of one or more panels of webbing fastened together. They are left free to drift with the current, usually near the surface or not far below it. Floats on the floatline and weights on the groundline keep them vertical. Drift nets drift with the current while they are connected with the operating vessel, the driftnetter or ...
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A Japanese glass fishing float. Glass floats were used by fishermen in many parts of the world to keep their fishing nets, as well as longlines or droplines, afloat.. Large groups of fishnets strung together, sometimes 50 miles (80 km) long, were set adrift in the ocean and supported near the surface by hollow glass balls or cylinders containing air to give them buoyancy.
The submarine USS Virginia, seen here in Maine, got tangled up in Norwegian fishing nets. US Navy photo/Petty Officer 1st Class Steven Myers A Norwegian fisherman caught a US submarine in his nets ...
This is the heartwarming moment fishermen cut loose a turtle that was tangled in a loose net. Anucha Boontaeng, 42, noticed the turtle struggling as it floated in loose nets in the Andaman sea ...
The oldest known fishing net is the net of Antrea, found with other fishing equipment in the Karelian town of Antrea, Finland, in 1913. The net was made from willow, and dates back to 8300 BC. [1] Recently, fishing net sinkers from 27,000 BC were discovered in Korea, making them the oldest fishing implements discovered, to date, in the world. [2]
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