One minute to understand the different fishing techniques
FISHING TECHNIQUES
French - There are two types of fishing gear:
- Active gear : This gear is moved along the seafloor or through the water column to catch target fish.
- Passive (or “set”) gear : This gear does not move; it is the movement of the fish that causes them to become caught in it, acting like a trap.
- Different fishing techniques :
- Longline Fishing : A technique that uses thousands of baited hooks (with octopus, squid, etc.). The main line is either anchored to the bottom (bottom longline) or kept at the surface using floats (floating or drifting longline).
- Net Fishing : A very old passive gear technique consisting of setting (deploying) a net held vertically in the water using floats and sinkers, and leaving it to act for a few hours before hauling it back in.
- Purse Seine : An encircling net equipped with a purse line at its bottom, which allows the base of the net to be closed like a pouch to capture schools of pelagic fish in open water.
- Pot or Trap Fishing : Rigid or semi-rigid traps of various shapes and sizes, equipped with suitable bait, into which targeted species enter and remain trapped.
- Trawling : An active fishing gear consisting of a large conical funnel-shaped net towed by one or more vessels, either mid-water (pelagic trawl) or along the sea floor (bottom trawl).
- Fyke Net : A fixed trap of cylindrical or conical shape, often supported by hoops and fitted with internal funnel-shaped throats, mainly used in lagoons or inland waters to intercept fish.
- Trolling : Consists of towing one or more lures behind a moving boat. It is practiced either directly (without a trolling line or additional weight) or using a specific trolling line and a weight.