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THE PAN-AMERICAN EXPOSITION. 
525. Cod seine (model): 
Used in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Labrador, and Newfoundland fisheries; 
100 to 130 fathoms long and 10 to 15 fathoms deep. The mesh is 3 inches in bunt, 
and on each side is graduated—33 inches, 4 inches, 44 inches to 5 inches on extreme 
ends. Made of cotton cod-seine twine. 
526. Herring seine (model): 
Used in British North American and Newfoundland fisheries; 50 to 150 fathoms 
long and 4 to 10 fathoms deep. The bunts are generally made of 14 or 13 inch mesh, 
and the arms of 2-inch mesh. Made of cotton herring-seine twine. 
527. Cod trap (model): 
Used principally on the Newfoundland and Labrador coast; 8 to 16 fathoms square 
and 8 to 12 fathoms deep. The pot is made of 4-inch mesh and the leader of 5 to 6 
inch mesh. Made of cotton trap twine. 
528. Lake Erie pound (model): 
Used on the Great Lakes for taking white-fish, trout, saugers, etc. Pots are from 
30 to 45 feet square and from 30 to 60 feet deep; hearts 108 feet long; pots are of 
24-inch mesh, hearts are 33-inch mesh, and leaders are of 5 to 6 inch mesh. Made 
of cotton trap twine. 
529. Bass or stub trap (model): 
_ Used for taking bass, scup, flounders, and other fish on North Atlantic coast. 
Crib or pot is from 20 to 30 feet square and 20 to 30 feet deep. Crib, 23-inch mesh. 
Small hearts, 23-inch mesh; large hearts, 38-inch mesh. Leader, 5-inch mesh. 
530. Rose floating trap (model): 
Used on Rhode Island coast for scup and bass; 30 to 50 fathoms long by 10 to 25 
fathoms wide and 8 to 14 fathoms deep. The mesh in head end of trap is 3 inches 
to 33 inches and in front end 43 to 54 inches. Leaders about 54-inch mesh. 
531. Heart trap or weir (model): 
Used on the Atlantic coast for taking herring, mackerel, blue-fish, cod, ete. Bowl 
96 feet across and from 25 to 50 feet deep. Rim, 1?-inch mesh. Hearts, 240 feet 
long, 4-inch mesh. Leaders, 6 to 12 inch mesh, and made of cotton trap twine. 
532. Small fyke: 
For taking cat-fish and other fresh-water fish in rivers and ponds. 
533. Hel fyke: Used for taking eels in creeks and rivers emptying into the sea. 
534. Small flounder fyke: Used in taking flounders along the Atlantic coast. 
535. Blue-fish gill net (model): 
Made in great variety of sizes, from 50 yards to 200 yards long and from 4 to 1z 
yards deep. The mesh varies for different localities from 4 to 6 inches.  Blue-fish 
gill seines are made in similar way, but are 400 yards long in two pieces, and 75 to 80 
meshes deep. They are leaded heavily enough to sink and fish on the bottom. 
536. Shad drift gill net (model): 
Made in a very great variety of lengths to suit the place where they are to be used, 
from 40 to 50 meshes deep. Twine used is No. 30 to No. 40—2 and 3 cord linen. 
When these nets are set stationary on stakes no floats are used and very few sinkers. 
537. Salmon gill net (model): 
Used on the Columbia River and made in different lengths, acommon length being 
150 fathoms. They are 33 meshes deep and 9%-inch mesh, of No. 40—12 or 13 ply 
linen, and 6U meshes deep of 74-inch mesh, No. 40—8 and 9 ply linen. On Frazer 
River they are used 40 meshes deep of 5f-inch mesh of 4 and 5 ply linen. 
538. Herring gill nets (model): 
A variety of sizes for different localities, from 20 to 75 fathoms long and 110 to 250 
meshes deep, of 2} to 3} inch mesh, of cotton gill-net twine. 
539. Cod gill net (model): 
Used on the New England coast and are made 75 yards long, 18 meshes deep, 83 
to 93 inch mesh, of medium-laid cotton twine. Glass balls are used for floats and 
bricks for sinkers. 
540. Baird seine: 
Barked and fitted, 125 feet long, 13 feet deep in center and 10 feet at ends, with 
bag 10 feet in diameter and 10 feet long, hung to double six-thread tarred manila, 
with 20 6-space 3-inch corks and 128 leads. 
