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2. Lift net - Wikipedia

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   The nets can be flat or shaped like a bag, a rectangle, a pyramid, or a cone. Lift nets can be hand-operated, boat-operated, or shore-operated. They typically use bait or a light-source as a fish-attractor. [1] Lift nets are also sometimes called "dip nets", though that term applies more accurately to hand nets. [2]

3. Gillnetting - Wikipedia

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   [citation needed] The drum is a circular device that is set to the side of the boat and draws in the nets. The powered drum allowed the nets to be drawn in much faster and along with the faster gas powered boats, fisherman were able to fish in areas they had previously been unable to go into, thereby revolutionizing the fishing industry.

4. Fishing net - Wikipedia

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   Nylon fishing net with float line attached to small plastic floats. A fishing net is a net used for fishing. Some fishing nets are also called fish traps, for example fyke nets. Fishing nets are usually meshes formed by knotting a relatively thin thread. Early nets were woven from grasses, flaxes and other fibrous plant material.

5. Glossary of nautical terms (A–L) - Wikipedia

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   A type of net incorporating brail lines on a small fishing net on a boat. brailer A device consisting of a net of small-mesh webbing attached to a frame, used aboard fishing vessels for unloading large quantities of fish. brake The handle of the pump, by which it is worked. brass monkey, brass monkey weather

6. Glossary of nautical terms (M–Z) - Wikipedia

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   1. (ship's boat) A small, light boat propelled by oars or a sail, used as a tender to larger vessels during the Age of Sail. 2. (full-rigged pinnace) A small "race built" galleon, square-rigged with either two or three masts. 3. In modern usage, any small boat other than a launch or lifeboat associated with a larger vessel. pintle

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