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A messenger‐operated closing trawl
Author(s) -
HOPKINS THOMAS L.,
BAIRD RONALD C.,
MILLIKEN DEAN M.
Publication year - 1973
Publication title -
limnology and oceanography
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.7
H-Index - 197
eISSN - 1939-5590
pISSN - 0024-3590
DOI - 10.4319/lo.1973.18.3.0488
Subject(s) - closing (real estate) , fishing , marine engineering , environmental science , fishery , engineering , biology , political science , law
Details on construction and operation of a relatively inexpensive closing Tucker trawl are presented. The trawl is opened and closed with a mechanical messenger‐actuated release device. Flow is monitored by a meter which records only when the net is fishing. Trawls of 1.8 × 1.8 m and 1.8 × 3.6 m in mouth dimension have been constructed; both can be fished on 3/16‐inch (4.8 mm) hydrowire.