Identifier: fisheryindustrie00radc (find matches)
Title: Fishery Industries of the United States: Report of the Division of Statistics and Methods of the Fisheries for 1920
Year: 1921 (1920s)
Authors: Radcliffe, Lewis
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account oftheir large size, and the fish captured in them are so powerful thatthey often tear the net. The accompanying drawing (fig. 3) and description of the lamparanet are based on information supplied by E. M. Nielsen, assistant tothe California Fish and Game Commission at Monterey, and weretaken from a net of average size and make owned by a local fisherman. Referring to figure 3 and its legend, it will be noted that section 3is of heavy netting to withstand wear and tear when the fish aretaken out of the net and section 4 acts as a wall to prevent thefish from escaping. Section 5 is light and of small mesh so that thefish do not gill in it; the net is usually fished in the dark of the moon,and the phosphorescence in the water tends to deflect the fish fromthe wings backward toward the bag of the net. The lead line isf-inch diameter hemp rope and carries lead weights to a weight ofabout 150 pounds, the leads being about 18 inches apart. FISHERY INDUSTRIES OF THE UNITED STATES. 13
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14 FISHERY INDUSTRIES OF THE UNITED STATES. The lampara net is made of cotton twine and may be operatedeither with one large boat or with two boats. The operation with ,one boat is carried out as follows: When a school of fish is located,one end of the net is thrown out with a buoy attached, sometimesanchored; then the boat is pulled around the fish in a circle, payingout the net until the boat is back to the buoy from which it started.Then an anchor is generally put over the side away from the net tohold the boat off. Then the fishermen start hauling both ends ofthe net from the bow and the stern, until the bag is hauled up along-side. After getting the wings into the boat and the bag alongside,the fish are dipped out into the well or box. The net is then over-hauled and made ready for another lay. From three to five men arerequired to operate in this way. When two boats are used, the bag is dropped first; then the fishare circled by the boats pulling in opposite directions, paying o

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