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Coverless Trawls

A coverless trawl has the top panel of the net cut back so that the headline and footrope are of similar length.

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Diamond Mesh Size

Most fishing gear is made of netting with diamond shaped meshes, this gives the gear flexibility and a certain amount of stretch.

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Eliminator Trawl

The eliminator trawl is a standard demersal trawl with very large diamond meshes in the wings and forward part of the trawl.

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Escape Gaps

Escape gaps are usually flat pieces of rigid plastic with a rectangular hole in that is fitted into pots and traps to release small shellfish

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F-Cap. (Faithlie Cod Avoidance Panel)

The F-CAP was developed to release cod from a nephrops trawl.

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Fish Stimulation

Fish stimulation being used as a selective device is still a relatively new concept. It is being trialled using a light, sound or electric pulses.

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Gear Operation

This is where there is a complete change of fishing gear or the way the fishing gear is operated to change the catch composition.

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Gear Size

Reducing the physical size of the whole gear or just part of the gear to reduce unwanted by-catch and be able to handle the gear more efficiently.

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Headline Height

A trawl or static net where the gear has been redesigned to keep the headline (top of the net) low to prevent the capture of high swimming species.

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Inclined Netting Grids

An inclined netting grid is a panel of netting fitted inside a trawl and set at an angle.

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Number of Dredges

In some scallop dredge fisheries the number of dredges used is regulated to ensure fishing effort remains within manageable limits.

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Off Bottom Trawl

This is a trawl that, by the way it is rigged and towed, swims clear of the seabed but close enough to target some of the demersal species.

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