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  • DRB - Scallop Dredge

    A scallop dredge is a rigid structure with a chain mail collecting bag, towed on the seabed to target king scallops.
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  • Queen Scallop Dredge

    A dredge used to target queen scallops are wider and higher than a traditional Newhaven scallop dredge.
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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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  • Multi Rig - Quad rig

    A method of towing four otter trawls side by side.
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  • Multi Rig Trawl - Nephrops triple rig

    In this rig three trawls are towed side by side using four trawl warps.
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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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  • 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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  • Long line

    Long lining can be used to target both pelagic and demersal 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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  • Drift Nets

    This type of gill net is suspended in the water, usually just below the surface, but can be worked anywhere to target pelagic species.
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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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