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A

Accounting; see Bookkeeping

Anchors
Angle of attack of otter board
Apparent Nominal Power, of trawler
Area, formulae for calculation
Area, see also Twine surface area
Area, units of measurement

B

Backstrop, of otter board
Bait
Ballast, of purse seine
Bar (of net mesh)
Beach seme
Beach seine, bridles and ropes
Beach seine, materials and hanging
Beach seine, types of
Bobbins, rubber
Bobbins, steel
Bollard pull, of trawler
Bookkeeping
Bottom seine
Bottom seines, dimensions
Bottom seines, operation
Bottom seines, ropes
Bottom traw; see also Trawls
Brake horsepower, BHP
Breaking strength, breaking load .Bulldog grips; see Cable damps
Bunt, for trawl groundrope
Bunt* of purse seine
Buoy; see float
Buoyancy, of fibres and Materials
Buoyancy, of floats Buoyant force, and gravity

C

Cable clamps (wire rope clips)
Cable, see Wire rope
Chain
Circumference, formulae for calculation
Clips
Codendcip
Connectors, steel
Conversion, units of measurement
Cookies, for trawl
Groundrope

D

Danish seine
Deck equipment
Deck equipment, information for ordering
Denier
Density of materials
Depressor, for trolling
Depth of midwater pair trawl, estimation
Diving board, for trolling
Door, see Otter board
Dredges
Drum, information for ordering
Drum, purse seine
Drum, traw! net drum
Dutch clip (codend clip)

E

Echo-sounders, characteristics Echo-sounders, choice of Edge, net webbing Entangling nets

F

Fish finders; see echo-sounders
Fish hooks, information for ordering
Fishhooks, knots for tying Fish hooks, principal types Fish hooks, terms for describing Floats, estimating buoyancy of
Floats, estimating number needed for seine Foots, for gillnets and seines Floats, for marking stationary gear
Floats, for seine Floats, for trawls Floats, information for ordering
Floats, ring-shaped Floats, spherical, buoyancy Flotation; see Buoyancy Footrope, of trawl Force, units of measurement Fork rigging of trawl Formulae
Fresh water consumption Fuel consumption of engine Fushi

G

G links
Gillnet, information for ordering
Gillnets
Gillnets, choosing meshsize
Gillnets, choosing twine
Gil nets, flotation and ballast
Gillnets, hanging, rigging
Gillnetting, speed of operations
Gravity and buoyant force
Groundrope, of trawl
Groundrope, trawl: Examples

H

Handlines; see Vertical line fishing
Hanging net panels
Hanging ratio
Hardware
Hardware, hooks and

G

links
Hardware, steel, for joining
Hauler, information for ordering
Haulers, ine haulers
Haulers, net haulers
Haulers, pot/trap haulers
Head ine height of traw
Headline, of traw
Height of mounted net
Hold, fish hold
Holds, capacity
Hooks, hardware
Hooks, see Fish hooks
Horsepower, HP

l

Ice, amount required Inclination, of traw warps, measurement

J

Jigs

K

Kites, for trawl
Knots, for fish hooks
Knots, for longlines
Knots, for stoppers and mooring
Knots, net webbing kW, kilowatts

L

Lamps, (or fish attraction
Leads
Length, units of measurement
Lifting, slings and tackles
Light, fishing with
Light, units of measurement
Line fishing
Line fishing accessories
Line, see Twine, Rope
Link, half-cut
Link, riveted
Longlines
Longlines, automation
Longlines, bottom longline plan and rigging
Longlines, components
Long ines, drifting
Long ines, set
Longlinmg, speed of operations
Lures

M

Marking buoys
Mass, units of measurement
Mesh opening
Mesh size, for purse seine
Mesh size, stretched
Midwater pair trawl, estimating depth
Midwater traw
Monofilament; see also
Twine
Mounting net panes
Mouth opening, of bottom
Seine

N

Net webbing, common cutting rates
Net webbing, cutting rates
Net webbing, definition of cuts Net webbing, estimation of weight
Net webbing, hanging ratio
Net webbing, information for ordering
Net webbing, joining panels
Net webbing, knots, edges, selvedges
Net webbing, meshes, definition
Net webbing, mounted height
Net webbing, mounting panels
Net webbing, surface covered
Net webbing, systems of measuring
Net webbing, twine surface area
Net webbing, twine surface in traw

O

Omfar
Ordering equipment, data needed
Otter boards, ad|ustment
Otter boards, angle of attack
Otter boards, estimating spread
Otter boards, proportions
Otter boards; types, weight, surface area
Otter trawl, see Trawl

P

Pair trawl, midwater Pair trawling, engine RPM Pair trawls, rigging Pelagic trawls; see Trawls, midwater
Polyamide (PA); see
Synthetic fibres, Twine
Polyester (PES); see Synthetic fibres, Twine
Polyethylene (PE); see
Synthetic fibres, Twine
Polypropylene (PP); see
Synthetic fibres, Twine
Pots; see Traps and pots
Power block
Power block, information for ordering
Power, of trawlers
Power, units of measurement
Prawn trawls; see Shrimp traw s
Pressure, underwater
Pressure, units of measurement
Propulsion
Puling power of trawler
Purse line
Purse rings
Purse seine
Purse seine, buoyancy of floats
Purse seine, depth
Purse seine, dimensions, twine
Purse seine, hanging ratio
Purse seine, plan and rigging
Purse seine, weight of sinkers
Purse seining, speed of
Operations

R

Regulations, local fisheries
Rings, for net ballast
Rings, for purse seine
Rings, for trawl groundrope
Rope, combination wire (1)
Rope, combination wire (2)
Rope, floa (lines and leadlines
Rope, knots for joining and loops
Rope, knots for stoppers and mooring
Rope, loss of breaking strength due to knots and splices
Rope, synthetic fibre
Rope, vegetable fibre
Rtex, Resultant tex

S

Safe working load
Safety factor Seine, anchor
or Danish Seine; see also
Bottom seine Selvedge Setsu
Settling; see Bookkeeping Shackles
Shearing depressor, for troling
Shrimp (prawn| trawls Sinkers
Sinking speed of purse seine Slings
Snaps, for long line. Sounders; see Echo-sounders
Spacers, for groundrope
Speed, units of measurement
Spread, horizontal spread of traw
Sguare roots, tables
Stainless steel; see Wire rope
Strength of hardware
Stretched mesh
Surface covered by netting
Swivels
Synthetic fibres, commercial names
Synthetic fibres, identification Synthetic fibres, physical properties

T

Tackles Tanks, live
Temperature, units of measurement
Thimbles
Tow line, of purse seine
Tramme net, example of pan and rigging
Tramme nets
Tramme nets, flotation and weight
Traps and pots
Traps and pots, dimensions
Traps and pots, entrances
Traps and pots, examples
Traps and pots, materials
Trave board, information for ordering
Trawl door; see Otter board
Trawl groundropes
Trawling speed
Trawls; (see also Pair trawls)
Trawls, bottom trawl plan
Trawls, bottom, meshsize and twine size
Trawls, buoyancy and weight
Trawls, choosing size for vessel hp
Trawls, fork rigging
Trawls, midwatertrawl pan
Trawls, midwater, meshsize and twine size
Trawls, opening of bottom traw
Trawls, opening of midwater trawls
Trawls, rigging
Trawls, twine surface area
Trolling
Tw me
Twine size, for purse seine
Twine size; see also Twine number
Twine surface area in trawl
Twine, common, for netting
Twine, equivalents, numbering systems
Twine, information for ordering
Twine, measurement
Twine, number, tex, denier, runnage, diameter
Twine, nylon, monofi ament, mu timonofilament
Twine, polyester, polyethylene, polypropylene
Twine, Rtex
Twine, runnage
Twine, tex
Two-boat trawls; see Pair
Trawls

V

Vertica line fishing Volume, formulae for calculation Volume, units of measurement

W

Warp, nformation for ordering
Warp angle, vertical, . measurement
Warps, trawl; diameter, length
Weight in water
Wells, live
Winch, information for ordering
Winch, pull, power, speed
Winch, purse seine
Winch, trawl
Wire rope clips
Wire rope, galvanized steel
Wire rope, handling
Wire rope, matching drums and sheaves
Wire rope, sma 1 diameter Wire rope, stainless steel
Wire rope, structure and use

Y

Yarn; see a so Twine


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