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On some occasions, al the " along-shore " stations 

 (e.g., 2 miles off' Bradda Head) hauls were taken with a 

 new " shear-net " made on the principle of the Heligoland 

 " Scherbrutne.tz " (Conseil International Rap purls el 

 Proces-verb., vol. ii. p. 62, 1904). This was used as a 

 mid-water net— being lowered to a depth of 5 to 10 

 fathoms, where, through the action of the shearing plate, 

 placed like a vertical otter-hoard, it remained even when 

 the ship went ahead at a moderate speed, and so formed 



Fig. 



-Nansen net going down open. 



Fig, S, — Nansen net coming up close 



a most efficient instrument of capture in waters where the 

 ordinary net cannot be towed. The mouth measured nine 

 feet in circumference, the net was over 10 feet in length, 

 and being formed of rather coarse mesh caught large 



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