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EMPAFISH Booklet nº 2 Fishery regimes in Atlanto-Mediterranean European MPAs

Trap Fishing by means of devices able to trap fish in
confined environment (traps, pots) often designed
and baited to catch a particular species: Crab pot,
lobster pot, tuna trap, fyke nets.*
Electric reel hook Line used by an electric reel, with several (10-20)
and line medium-size hooks (4/0, 5/0), placed very near to
the bottom. Monofilament wire, then mother line of
1.6 mm thick with the hooks at the end of pieces of
nailon of 1.2 mm thick that come out of the mother
line each 1.5 m. Quite specific used in the right place
and time of the year. Medium-size boats.

Harpoon Or harpoon gear means fishing gear consisting of a
pointed dart or iron attached to the end of a line
several hundred feet in length, the other end of
which is attached to a floatation device. Harpoon
gear is attached to a pole or stick that is propelled
by hand or mechanical means into the body of the
aquatic animal.*
Skin diving Piking of specimens with knife by underwater
seeking (snorkel)

Drift nets Kept near the surface, or a certain distance below it,
by numerous floats, the net drifts freely with the
current, separately or, more often with the boat to
which they are attached. A driftnet may be used
close to the bottom (e.g. shrimp driftnet) or at the
surface (e.g. herring driftnet) usually across the
path of migrating fish schools. Aquatic animals strike
the net and become entangled in its meshes. Large
Scale Pelagic Driftnets are surface or sub-surface
drifnets of large dimensions (exceeding 2.5 km and
up to 50 kms) the use of which is banned by a UN
resolution. Also referred to as driftnets.*

Trap net A spiral-shaped simple net designed to intercept and
retain fish in a confined space.

Combined gillnet- Consist in two parts: an upper one being a standard
trammel net gillnet where semi demersal or pelagic fish may be
gilled and lower part being a trammel net where
bottom fish may entangle.

Boat seine The type most representative of this category is the
Danish seine. The design of these nets, consisting of
two wings, a body and a bag, is similar in many
ways to that of trawls. Operated from a boat, they
are generally used on the bottom, where they are
hauled by two ropes, usually very long, set in the
water so as to ensure that as many fish as possible
are driven or herded towards the opening of the
net.*

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