pound net

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A pound net is a type of fish trap made of netting. It is arranged with a guiding wing that directs fish towards an enclosure with a narrow entrance. This method of fishing has been in use since at least 1856. A person who fishes using a pound net is called a pound netter.12

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…or weirs, and the large pound nets. The oldest type may be the Italian tonnara, used in the Mediterranean for tuna from the Bosporus to the Atlantic. Very large pound nets are also used by the Japanese on the Pacific coast, by the Danes and their neighbours off the eastern…
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…or weirs, and the large pound nets. The oldest type may be the Italian tonnara, used in the Mediterranean for tuna from the Bosporus to the Atlantic. Very large pound nets are also used by the Japanese on the Pacific coast, by the Danes and their neighbours off the eastern…
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