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Name some more different methods to catch fish and how they are used and for what type of fish and ecological damage

Author: Asger LIndberg-Nielsen



Answer:

Dredging: - rigded structures towed along bottom - Bar dislodges shellshelfish as it drags over sediment - bivalves, oisters, clams - High ecological damage depending on sediment type Purse Seine: - vertical net sourrounds school of fish the bottom is closed - used for dense single species schools like makerel or tuna - low bicatch and no contact with seabed Gillnets - A net that hangs in the water - Size of fish depend on mesh size - High bycatch - little contact with sea bed - low impact


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Dredging: 
- rigded structures towed along bottom
- Bar dislodges shellshelfish as it drags over sediment - bivalves, oisters, clams
- High ecological damage depending on sediment type

Purse Seine: 
- vertical net sourrounds school of fish the bottom is closed
- used for dense single species schools like makerel or tuna
- low bicatch and no contact with seabed

Gillnets - A net that hangs in the water
- Size of fish depend on mesh size
- High bycatch
- little contact with sea bed - low impact
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