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An Inquiry Into the Present State and Means of Improving the Salmon Fisheries; Including a Digest of the Evidence Taken by the a Select Committee of the House of Commons

An Inquiry Into the Present State and Means of Improving the Salmon Fisheries; Including a Digest of the Evidence Taken by the a Select Committee of the House of Commons


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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1827. Excerpt: ... IV.---the Stake-net Mode Of Fishing. In proceeding to consider the merits of the stake-net mode of fishing, it is necessary to explain particularly, what is meant; for, as will be seen before concluding, there have been many abuses of this, as of all other modes of fishing, both in regard to the locality of the nets, the way of using them, and the materials employed in their construction. Stake-nets can be used with advantage only on the open sea coast, and on the shores of estuaries: In rivers the most expedient and efficient modes of fishing are by the seine and other engines now in use. The stake-net consists of netting extended upon upright stakes, fixed in the beach, or sand banks, which are left uncovered when the tide ebbs. These stakes run in a line nearly at right angles with the current of the tide, extending from high-water mark' to low-water-mark. They are placed at two or three yards distance from each other, or at such other distance as the fisherman finds necessary for strength. The netting is stretched tight along the stakes, from the ground up. to the full height to which the tide rises. The meshes of the net are very large, generally three inches from knot to knot, or twelve inches in circumference; and they are always open. There is, thus, as it were, a hedge or fence constructed, sufficient to interrupt the salmon, but through which the water, and all the small fish, pass freely. When salmon, running with the tide, come against a stake-net, they swim along the side seeking an opening through which to pass. To receive them when thus swimming along, an entrance is formed, which leads into a chamber or labyrinth, constructed also by netting stretched on upright stakes. Into this labyrinth the fish pass freely with the tide; but, from its ...


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781150915925
  • Publisher: General Books
  • Publisher Imprint: General Books
  • Height: 246 mm
  • No of Pages: 36
  • Spine Width: 2 mm
  • Width: 189 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1150915927
  • Publisher Date: 18 Jan 2012
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 82 gr


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