FISH Gears

Fishing Methods 01
Gears 02
Fishing with Gears 03
Hand Net 04
Cast Net 05

Contents Dip Net

Gill Net
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Drag Net 08
Fixed Net 09
Trap Net 10
Fishing Without Gears 11

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 Fishing techniques are
Methods
Fishing

methods for catching fish.

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 GEARS
Any instrument or device
used to catch the fish is
called gears.
❖ 1.Nets and hooks
❖ 2.Line and trap
❖ 3.Spears
❖ 4.Harpoons
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 Fishing
Without
Gears
In some rivers and streams
of the hills or near dams &
reservoirs. Water flows into
narrow channels & fish are
caught by hands.

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 Fishing With Gears

Widely used gears (Nets)

About 96% of the world fishing is done with nets
1.Hand net 9. The seine net
2.Cast net 10.long line and hooks
3.Dip net
4.Gill net
5.Drag net
6.Fixed net
7.Trap net
8.Trawl net

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 Hand net
 Small and lightweight
net designed
 Use for catch fish
Shape of hand net
 Round
 Oval shaped mesh
net
 Frame is fitted with
handle
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 Hands net come in various
sizes
 Small Hand net:
 12- 18 inches
Size of Hand  Medium hand net
net  18-24 inches in diameter
 Large hand net
 24-36 inches in diameter

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 ● Move the net gently in the
water toward Fish
● Wait for fish to swim into it.
● Once they are close ,
How to Use hand quickly lift net
Net For Fishing?
Timing
 Early Morning
 Late Evening

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Hand net
Advantages Disadvantag
es
Simple to use  limited range
Portable and Limited areas
lightweight Labor
Cost effective
inttensive
 Cast net
 Fishing net that is designed to be
thrown by hand.
 Net is round
 Weighted around the edges .
SIZE OF CAST NET
 Small cast net
 Medium cast Net
 Large Cast Net

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 ● A cast net is thrown by
hand in a circular
motion, allowing it to
spread out as it fall
Cast Net through water.
● The weighted edge help

Work the net Sink

quickly,trapping fish inside.
● After the net sinks, the user
pulls in the rope to retrieve
the net .

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Cast Net

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  Catches by chance

Cast net  Cast net is cheap

 Does not harm fish

attributes  Simple to operate

 Require training in the skill only

 Usable in various
Environments

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 Dip Net
 Long Handle attached
to a circular or
Triangular Frame that
holds a mesh net.

Dip Net use:

Rivers , lakes, ponds,
Wildlife research
Aquaculture’

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 ● The Dip net is lowered
itno the water and then
scooped upward to catch
fish .
Dip net works ● The handle is used to
maneuver the net,
● Means allow water to
flow through , traping
the fis inside.

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Dip Net

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 ● A Gill net is a widely used fising
tools.
Shape
Gill net  Rectangular shaped
 Hang vertically in water
 Supported by floats on the top
line
 weights in the bottom line
 Act as wall to tarp fish

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Gill Net

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 ● Small Mesh
 1- 2 inches
 Used for small fish
Mesh Size of Gill ● Medium Mesh
net ● 3-5 inches
● Large mesh
 6 inches or more
 Used for large fish

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 ●Places where
Gill Net used
 Coastal areas
 Rivers and lakes
 Open ocean

Gill Net How Gill net Work

The net is placed in the water ,
either fixed in one place or
allowed to drift
Fish swim into the net , and their
heads pass through the mesh ,
but their gill get caught when
they try to reverse.
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Gill net
Advantages Disadvantag
es
●Efficiency ●Bycatch
●Versatility ●Ghost fishing
●Cost effective ●Overfishing
●Low energy use ●Damage to the
ecosystem
 A drag net or seine net is atype of
fishing net used to capture fish
by dragging it through water.
DRAG NET Shape
 Rectangular

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 ● Small Scale net
10-30 meters long used in

Size of shallow water

● large scale net
Drag net hundred of meter long
used in oceans
The mesh size is chosen
based on the target fish

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 ●Places where
drag net use?
● Shallow waters
● Open waters
● Seabed areas

Drag Net ●How drag net

work
One end of the net is held
stationary or pulled from the
shore , while the other end is
dragged through the water to
encircle fish.

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Drag Net

Advantage Disadvantag
es
●s
Effective of ● Evironementtal
large catches Damage
● Bycatch
● versatile
● Overfishing risk
●Relativaly ● Labor intensive
simple
●Controlled fish
  It consists of long rectangular piece of
mesh.
 It is stretched from one bank to the other
bank of the river.
 It is held by several bamboo sticks in the

FIXED NET middle.

 It is kept about one to two feet above the
surface of the water.
 It is kept in this position throughout the
night with the help of bamboo sticks.
 Fish swimming along the stream are
entangled.

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  It is stationary type of net.
 It is passively operated to trap
TRAP NET fishes which moved into it
through guarded entrance.

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  Its modified form of net

Fyke net
constructed to form a long
cylindrical bag with one
widely opened end and other
end blind.
 It is operated in shallow water
to capture the flounders

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 o The basket trap are important in
harvesting small ponds where
the farmers can not afford the
more expensive gear
Basket trap o The basket is made from
twigs ,cane and climbing
plants
o The larger end is the mouth
which has a valve that does not
allow the fish to escape once it
has entered.

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TRAWL
● These are essential open
bag of netting hauled
through water at constant

NET
speed from a powered
boat.

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 ●Types of
trawl
Beam trawl
where one more rigid pole

TRAWL NET keep mouth of bag open

Otter trawl
where two large wooden
board are used to keep
open while it is dragged
over the bottom

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  Slower speed increase fish
escape and higher speed
can pull the net off the

TRAWL bottom.
It is efficient for fish and

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prawn living at the bottom or
in mid-water.
 It is operated by one or two
boats.

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  Long lining is one of
the most fuel-
efficient method.
 This method is used to capture all
type of fishes and also able to
perform in river, sea, ponds,

Hook & line lakes etc.

 The line may be set vertically in
the water column, or horizontally
along the bottom.
 The size of hooks is depend
upon the size of fish and their
size.
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Types of lining

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