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  • Long line

    Long lining can be used to target both pelagic and demersal fish.
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  • PS - Purse Seine

    A purse seine is a large net used to surround a shoal of pelagic fish.
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  • Pelagic Trawl

    In this fishing method, the trawl is towed in mid-water by a vessel and is designed to catch pelagic fish.
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  • Pelagic Pair Trawl

    A trawl towed in mid-water between two vessels to target pelagic fish.
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  • Jigging

    Jigging is a method of fishing. Hooks are attached to artificial lures to attract and capture fish.
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  • Pots and Traps - General

    Pots and traps are generally rigid structures into which fish or shellfish are guided through funnels that make entry easy but escape difficult.
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  • Small Line

    A fishing method is similar to longline fishing but adapted to suit the smaller inshore vessels.
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  • Trammel Nets

    Fishing nets similar to a gill net but are made up of three layers of netting.
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  • Beam Trawl - Chain Mat Gear

    This beam trawl is similar to other beam trawls in that it is held open by a steel bar with shoes on each end.
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  • Gill Nets

    A gill net is a single wall of netting anchored on the seabed to catch fish that swim into it.
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  • Pots and Trap - Nephrops

    Nephrops creels or prawn creels as they are generally called, are of the basic D creel design but lighter than that of a lobster or crab pot.
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  • Bag net

    A bag net is an environmental method of targeting fish that are close inshore.
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