Fishing and Gear Technology (2+1) copy 1

Unit 11 - Trawl fishing gear and operation

11.1.Trawling

Fishing is the art of catching aquatic living beings. Various methods are adopted for the capture of fishes. Due to advancement of Science and Technology many progressive changes have been introduced in design, construction and operation of fishing gear. The introduction of trawls and trawling is one of the important development in the history of fishing technology. The modern trawl net is basically a large conical shaped; bag netting which is drawn along the sea bed just above the bottom or in the water column to catch bottom fishes or shell fishes. Initially trawling gear were all for bottom fishes and in later years more complicated innovation were deviced. The present day trawls may be classified as under.