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Diamond Mesh Size
Most fishing gear is made of netting with diamond shaped meshes, this gives the gear flexibility and a certain amount of stretch. -
Benthic Panel
A benthic panel is a small panel of square mesh or large diamond mesh inserted in the bottom panel of a trawl. -
Coverless Trawls
A coverless trawl has the top panel of the net cut back so that the headline and footrope are of similar length. -
F-Cap. (Faithlie Cod Avoidance Panel)
The F-CAP was developed to release cod from a nephrops trawl. -
Headline Height
A trawl or static net where the gear has been redesigned to keep the headline (top of the net) low to prevent the capture of high swimming species. -
Escape Gaps
Escape gaps are usually flat pieces of rigid plastic with a rectangular hole in that is fitted into pots and traps to release small shellfish -
Benthos Release Panel
A Benthos or Benthic release panel is a panel of larger diamond mesh or square mesh netting fitted into the lower panel of a trawl. -
Box Trawl
A selective box trawl is made up of 4 panels of netting with these 4 panels carried right down to a 4 panel cod-end. -
Towing speed
In some situations a change in towing speed can dramatically change the composition of the catch. -
T90 Cod-ends
In this design the cod-end mesh is turned through 90 degrees into T90 configuration. -
Inclined Netting Grids
An inclined netting grid is a panel of netting fitted inside a trawl and set at an angle. -
Eliminator Trawl
The eliminator trawl is a standard demersal trawl with very large diamond meshes in the wings and forward part of the trawl.