Fishing nets

A seine net is a very long net, with or without a bag in the centre, which set either from the shore or from a boat for surrounding a certain area and is operated with two long ropes fixed to its ends for hauling and herding the fish.

A fyke net is one of the most famous fish trap. It consists of cylindrical or cone-shaped netting bags mounted on rings or other rigid structures. It has wings or leaders which guide the fish towards the entrance of the bags. The fyke nets are fixed on the bottom by anchors, ballast or stakes. The fish enters voluntarily, but is hampered from coming out.

This term can be applied to a net which is dragged or hauled across a river or along the bottom of a lake or sea. Drag net has much in common with the seine net. Usually the standard net size is 10-25 m long and 1-1.8 m in drop.

Small mesh seine is a kind of seine for small fish. There are several modifications ( beach seine, surrounding seine, etc).

Hoop Nets (also known as fyke, barrel, or fiddler nets) are one of the most common stationary nets used in commercial fishing. Hoop nets are tubular shaped nets with a series of hoops or rings spaced along the length of the net to keep it open. To fish a hoop net, the net is staked out in a body of water and bait is placed in the closed or tail end of the net. Attracted by the bait, the fish swims through the open end, swims through two funnel shaped throats and is captured in the tail end of the net.