| Sea has always fascinated man. Fishing
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| | the sea surface to the seabed. Gill nets
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| has been the oldest form of earning
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| | are considered to be the oldest form of
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| livelihood. At present fishing is not
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| | net and are been in use all these years.
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| only for making a living, but men now
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| | Fish that tries to swim through this net
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| explore the deep seas as a passion and as
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| | is caught as only its head is able to
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| a sport, particularly Deep Sea Fishing.
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| | pass through the net and not the
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| Whether you are venturing into the sea
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| | remaining part of the body. As the fish
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| for fishing or for pleasure, make sure
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| | recedes it gets entangled by the gills.
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| you carry a jacket, sun-block cream, sun
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| | Drift nets are another form of gill net,
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| glasses, hat, cooler to bring your catch
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| | which are not fixed anywhere and are
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| back home, rubber shoes and rain gear, if
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| | allowed to drift with the current. It is
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| needed.
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| | used for catching wide range of fish like
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| To be successful in deep sea fishing, a
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| | tuna, squid, shark and salmon. Trammel
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| thorough knowledge about the methods and
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| | nets are like a wall of net with three
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| the equipments of fishing is necessary.
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| | layers. A fine meshed net is sandwiched
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| Various fishing methods have evolved down
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| | between two larger meshed nets.
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| the years. Fishers do not hesitate to try
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| | Handlines can be operated either from a
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| out innovative ideas. With the
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| | stationary or moving vessel. The fish
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| development of science and technology,
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| | caught by handlines are usually of very
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| innovative equipments are produced.
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| | high quality as the fish is alive when
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| Mechanization of gear handling has made
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| | brought aboard the vessel. Long-lines are
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| fishing easier than before. Fibre
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| | another type of fishing equipment which
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| technology has improved the performances
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| | is used to capture cods and tunas.
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| of vessels by making it lighter than the
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| | Long-lines can be set up for long
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| metallic ones. Navigation and fish
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| | distances and many short lines carrying
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| detection with the help of computers has
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| | baited hooks are attached to it. The size
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| made fishing less time consuming than
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| | and type of fish caught is dependent on
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| before.
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| | the hook size and the type of bait. Since
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| To catch fish and other aquatic
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| | it covers larger area in the sea, it is
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| resources, various types of deep sea
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| | the most fuel efficient fishing method.
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| fishing equipments are in use all round
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| | Harpoons are usually used to target
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| the world. Fishing equipments are
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| | mature fishes like shark, dolphins and
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| classified based on the principle used,
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| | swordfish. It has a spear and a reel
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| and by how they are constructed.
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| | attached to it. Spear fishing employs
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| Trawlers, nets, poles and lines, harpoons
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| | modern elastic and pneumatic powered
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| etc, are some of the modern day deep sea
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| | spear guns. SOund Navigation And Ranging
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| fishing equipments.
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| | (SONAR) is used for acoustically locating
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| Trawlers are boats to which large trawl
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| | the fishes.
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| nets are attached and pulled through the
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| | Pots or creels are traps which can be
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| water. The mesh size of the trawl nets
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| | operated from a vessel. It is used for
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| can be modified according to the purpose
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| | capturing crabs, octopus and shell fish.
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| of the catch and the type of the fish.
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| | Purse seins are large wall of net which
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| The mechanism of a bottom trawl is
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| | encircles a shoal of fish and get them
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| simple. The mouth of the net is open in
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| | pursed or caught.
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| horizontal and vertical directions and
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| | Though many of those deep sea fishing
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| the body of the net leads the fish inside
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| | equipment enable selective fishing, some
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| the net. The fish gets collected at the
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| | equipment like trawlers destroys the
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| cod end of the net, which has suitable
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| | seabeds, the spawning ground of many
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| mesh size. Using cod ends with bigger
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| | fishes and hence environmentalists are
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| mesh size considerably reduces the
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| | against bottom trawling. Dynamite and
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| mortality of fish fries in trawl nets.
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| | cyanide fishing are prohibited by law in
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| Net is the main device for catching fish.
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| | many parts of the world as it causes
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| Gill nets can be set at any depth from
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| | serious threats to aquatic life.
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