SEINE-NETS. 



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SEINE-NET BEING LANDED ON SHORE. 



light, and there are no leads along the foot-rope, but instead there is as an 

 addition a draw-rope or purse-string along the whole length of the bottom 

 of the seine, for closing the net below the fish, and, in place of leads, the 

 small iron blocks through which the rope is rove answer the purpose of sinkers. 

 When the seine surrounds the fish, the bottom rope is at once tightened, so 

 as to prevent the fish from escaping downwards, which gives the seine 

 the appearance of a purse. In Cornwall a centre weight is used to slip 

 along the draw-string, which quickly and effectually closes it. 



Peter-nets have floats along the upper rope and weights along the foot- 

 line, one end is attached on shore, and the other anchored out at sea on a 

 right line with the coast. 



Drift-nets are mainly employed for the capture of gregarious fishes, or 

 such as swim in shoals, as the mackerel, herring, pilchard, and in some 

 places the sprat, while the Norwegians use them for taking cod. These 

 drift-nets are the only way in which some forms that are found far from 

 land can be netted. They may be likened to a wall of net suspended above 

 any depth of water in the ocean, and permitted to drift with the tide in any 

 direction, in the hope of meeting a shoal of fish. The size of the mesh must 

 be in accordance with that of the fish which it is desired to capture, for 

 the intention is to mesh the fish or permit them to push their heads and gill- 



