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Fishing Gear Fishing Gear -- OverviewOverviewObjectivesObjectives

Explain the difference between passive & active fishing gearactive fishing gear

List 2 passive fishing gear categories List 3 active fishing gear categories

Gear groupingsGear groupings Passive / Active International Standard Statistical Classification of Fishing g

Gear – 60 different gears FAO groups into 11 main categories

• Surrounding nets • Seine nets•Trawl nets • Dredges

• Gillnets and entangling nets • Traps • Hooks and lines • Grappling and wounding gears

Brief description now – more detail later

g• Lift nets • Falling gears

pp g g g• Harvesting machines

Surrounding netsSurrounding nets Active gear Purse seines Lampara

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Seine netsSeine nets Active gear beach seines and Boat, Scottish/Danish seines)

Trawl netsTrawl nets Active gear Bottom: Beam, Otter and Pair trawls

Mid t t l Ott d P i t l Midwater trawls: Otter and Pair trawls

DredgesDredges Active gear

Lift nets Lift nets Active gear

Photo: Balaram Mahalder

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Falling gearsFalling gears Falling gears (including cast nets)

Gillnet & other entangling netsGillnet & other entangling nets Passive gear Gillnets and entangling nets (including set and drifting g g ( g g

gillnets; trammel nets)

http://www.museum.state.il.us

http://www.fishingnets.com/gillnet.htm

Traps / PotsTraps / Pots Passive gear Traps - pound nets & ‘cages”

http://www.seagrant.umn.edu/fisheries/nets

Traps pound nets & cages

Hooks and linesHooks and lines Passive & active Handlines, Pole and lines Set or drifting longlines Trolling lines

Trolling: http://www.profish.com/fishing_gear.php

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Grappling and wounding gearsGrappling and wounding gears Active Grappling and wounding gears (including harpoons, pp g g g ( g p

spears, arrows, etc.)

SummarySummary

List 2 passive fishing gear categories List 3 active fishing gear categories List 3 active fishing gear categories

ReferencesReferences FAO. © 2005-2009. Topics Fact Sheets. Fishing gears and methods. Topics Fact Sheets. Text by

Wilfred Thiele and Joel Prado. In: FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Department [online]. Rome. Updated 27 May 2005. [Cited 18 August 2009]. http://www.fao.org/fishery/topic/1617/en

N d l C d J P d 1990 D fi i i d l ifi i f fi hi i FAO Nedelec, C., and J. Prado. 1990. Definition and classification of fishing gear categories. FAO Fisheries Technical Paper, No. 222, Rev. 1.

Watson, R., C. Revenga, and Y. Kura. 2006. Fishing gear associated with global marine catches I. Database development. Fish. Res. 79:97-102.