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Fishing Technology Equipments

Net drum

Equipment Class: Fishing technology	Equipment Type: Gear handling
Characteristics
Net drum is a wide powered spool (usually hydraulic) on which a trawl or salmon purse seine net is wound when hauling.

Net drum

Courtesy Pacific Coast Salmon Fisheries Website

May be powerful enough to haul a trawl net aboard unaided. Net drum constitutes the tipical equipment placed on the deck of Drum seiners used in Salmon fisheries as well as in Herring fisheries.

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