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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 ...
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Katiska trap A katiska is a portable fish trap used in Finland. It is a lightweight and made from chicken wire. The trap can either be collapsible or rigid, and is easily placed at any depth since it needs no anchoring. Katiska are commonly used in hobby fishing, since they catch only a small number of fish.
When a fish is caught, each hauls up their end of the net until the two coracles are brought to touch and the fish is secured. Dragnet: This is a general term which can be applied to any net which is dragged or hauled across a river or along the bottom of a lake or sea. An example is the seine net shown in the image. The fishing depth of this ...
Since 2005, the state has corrected 3,750 fish passage barriers; made 4,700 miles of stream accessible to salmon; restored 26,000 riparian acres and more than 10,000 acres of estuaries and ...
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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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.