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2. Fishing net - Wikipedia

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   Fishing nets have been used widely in the past, including by stone age societies. 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]

3. Cast net - Wikipedia

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   He described various means of fishing including the use of nets cast from boats. In Norse mythology the sea giantess Rán cast a fishing net to trap lost sailors. [8] There is a reference in the New Testament to cast netting. Per John 21:6: "He said, “Throw your net on the right side of the boat and you will find some.”

4. Gillnetting - Wikipedia

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   Recent hydraulic driven net haulers are now common. The gilled, entangled and enmeshed fish are removed from the net by hand. Of some concern with this method is ghost fishing by lost nets and bycatch of diving seabirds. Nets combined in this way were first used in the Mediterranean. [39]

5. Seine fishing - Wikipedia

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   Seine fishing (or seine-haul fishing; / s eɪ n / SAYN) is a method of fishing that employs a surrounding net, called a seine, that hangs vertically in the water with its bottom edge held down by weights and its top edge buoyed by floats. Seine nets can be deployed from the shore as a beach seine, or from a boat.

6. Net (device) - Wikipedia

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   Some nets are still made by hand. This 2013 image shows a Syrian refugee in Lebanon in her home, manually knotting a fishing net intended for sale. [2] Originally, all nets were made by hand. Construction begins from a single point for round nets such as purse nets, net bags, or hair nets, but square nets are usually started from a headrope. [3]

7. Ice jigger - Wikipedia

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   Two ice jiggers inside the fish loading and weighing area of J. Waite Fisheries Inc. in Buffalo Narrows Saskatchewan, Canada. These are about eight feet long. The ice jigger also known as prairie ice jigger, or prairie jigger, is a device for setting a fishing net under the ice between two ice holes, invented by indigenous fishermen of Canada in the early 1900s.