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Fishing and Netting on the Chesapeake Bay

Netting on the Chesapeake Bay. Fishing and Netting on the Chesapeake Bay. An investigation by: Alana Davitt. An investigation by Alana Joy Davitt for The Chesapeake Bay Fellows Program.

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Fishing and Netting on the Chesapeake Bay

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  1. Netting on the Chesapeake Bay Fishing and Netting on the Chesapeake Bay An investigation by: Alana Davitt An investigation by Alana Joy Davitt for The Chesapeake Bay Fellows Program

  2. Stationary Uncovered Pound Netting “Pound net means a stationary or fixed fishing device consisting of several stakes or poles which have been pushed or pumped into the bottom and attached to netting which forms a straight wall or leader which serves to guide fish through a funnel and heart shaped enclosure into a terminal head or pocket with a netting floor”

  3. How it works

  4. Nearing the nets

  5. Into the nets

  6. Holding pool for caught fish

  7. Escaping the pole nets

  8. Gill Netting

  9. How it works

  10. Number of fish caught according to population number (in thousands) using gill nets

  11. Pulling in the nets

  12. Checking for fish

  13. Cast Netting“Cast nets are limp circles of mesh netting surrounded on their outer edge by lead weights.  The user is supposed to throw the netting over a school of fish, allow the net to sink then pull the connected pull handlines to close the net around the catch.  While this may sound simple, it takes many users years to master the art. ”

  14. How it works

  15. Seine Netting

  16. How it works ‘simple’ seine net ‘purse’ seine net

  17. The community’s view

  18. Some Sources Some Sources: • Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations: Fisheries and Aquaculture Department • Virginia Marine Resources Commission • http://www.stripers247.com/illegalgillnetting.htm • http://www.castingnet.cn/history.asp Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations: Fisheries and Aquaculture Department Virginia Marine Resources Commission

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