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  • PS - Purse Seine

    A purse seine is a large net used to surround a shoal of pelagic fish.
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  • Twin Rig Trawl - Mixed species twin rig

    A fishing method using two trawls side by side to target a mix of bottom living species and demersal round fish.
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  • Jigging

    Jigging is a method of fishing. Hooks are attached to artificial lures to attract and capture fish.
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  • Beam Trawl - Open gear

    The beam trawl - open gear is designed to stimulate the fish out of the mud and over the footrope of the trawl.
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  • Pelagic Trawl

    In this fishing method, the trawl is towed in mid-water by a vessel and is designed to catch pelagic fish.
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  • Bag net

    A bag net is an environmental method of targeting fish that are close inshore.
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  • Pelagic Pair Trawl

    A trawl towed in mid-water between two vessels to target pelagic fish.
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  • Long line

    Long lining can be used to target both pelagic and demersal fish.
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  • SDN - Anchor Seine

    A net shot in the open sea using very long ropes to lay out the net and ropes on the seabed prior to hauling from a boat at anchor.
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  • Pots and Traps - General

    Pots and traps are generally rigid structures into which fish or shellfish are guided through funnels that make entry easy but escape difficult.
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  • Trammel Nets

    Fishing nets similar to a gill net but are made up of three layers of netting.
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  • Pots and Traps - Whelks

    Plastic drums with a netting entrance set on the seabed for targeting whelks.
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