54 FISHES AND FISHERY METHODS 



bulky net and corks are stacked on the seine table. The innovation of 

 the power block has eliminated the necessity of the seine table, and many 

 vessels now operate purse-seine gear without the table. Large seine skiffs 

 are usually towed when on the fishing grounds or stowed atop the net 

 when running to or from port. 



If the combination or multipurpose vessel is operating in the line 

 fisheries, the seine table may or may not be removed. A baiting table 



Figure 4.5. Pacific combination vessel. 



is built up normally on the port side. A small steel chute is mounted 

 on the stern, a gurdy for hauhng the line gear is placed aft of the house, 

 and a roller is mounted on the guard rail. 



When trawling, a pair of heavy gallows frames are secured, one on each 

 side of the stern, and a large winch mounted just aft of the house. This 

 winch mtiy have paired drums facing the bulwarks and towing cables 

 running first athwartships and then around blocks aft to the gallows 

 frames. Others have the winch drums divided, one on each side of the 

 vessel, with the towing cable leading directly aft to the blocks on the 

 gallows frames. 



In the past five years many Pacific Northwest ''seiner-type" trawlers 

 have been converted to "drum trawlers." The trawl doors, gallows frame, 

 and winch which identify the typical "multipurpose trawler" are all used 



