Fishing Gear Overview Objectives Explain the difference between

Fishing Gear - Overview

Objectives Explain the difference between passive & active fishing gear List 2 passive fishing gear categories List 3 active fishing gear categories

Gear groupings Passive / Active International Standard Statistical Classification of Fishing Gear – 60 different gears FAO groups into 11 main categories • Surrounding nets • Seine nets • Trawl nets • Dredges • Lift nets • Falling gears • Gillnets and entangling nets • Traps • Hooks and lines • Grappling and wounding gears • Harvesting machines Brief description now – more detail later

Surrounding nets Active gear Purse seines Lampara

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

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

Dredges Active gear

Lift nets Active gear Photo: Balaram Mahalder

Falling gears (including cast nets)

Gillnet & other entangling nets Passive gear Gillnets and entangling nets (including set and drifting gillnets; trammel nets) http: //www. museum. state. il. us http: //www. fishingnets. com/gillnet. htm

Traps / Pots Passive gear http: //www. seagrant. umn. edu/fisheries/nets Traps - pound nets & ‘cages”

Hooks and lines Passive & active Handlines, Pole and lines Set or drifting longlines Trolling lines Trolling: http: //www. profish. com/fishing_gear. php

Grappling and wounding gears Active Grappling and wounding gears (including harpoons, spears, arrows, etc. )

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

References 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 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.