12.1.Netting material

Unit 12 - Purse seine design

12.1.Netting material
The choice of material plays an important part in designing a purse seine. The performance of the gear will depend upon the speed of sinking. It is proved that hard laid twines of continuous filament has less hydrodynamic resistance than soft laid twines of staple fibres.
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