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Traps and pots
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Barrier traps
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Traps that can be closed manually by the fisher after fish enter
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Walls, dams, fences, fyke nets, gratings, watched chambers
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Habitat traps
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Traps that mimic hiding places for target species
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Brush traps, octopus pots
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Tubular traps
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Narrow funnels or hoses that prevent the fish from escaping backwards
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Eel tubes
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Mechanical traps
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Traps that mechanically close once the target species enters
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Gravity traps, box traps, bent-rod traps (including whipping bough traps), torsion traps, snares
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Baskets
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Enclosed traps and pots
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Pots made of wood, wire or plastic, conical and drum-like traps made of netting with hoops and frames (e.g. Drum nets) and box-like traps made with strong frames (e.g. creels)
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Large open traps
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Large open traps or corrals with a mechanism to stop escapes. These traps can be fixed on sticks or anchors and either set or floating
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Corrals
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Out of water traps
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Traps set out of the water to catch fish such as flying fish
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Veranda nets
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Longlines
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Longlines
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A mainline with baited (occasionally unbaited) hooks at regular intervals. Can be used in the water column or on or near the seabed (where it can be referred to as a set longline or bottom longline)
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Set longlines, bottom longlines
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Nets
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Gill nets
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Strings of single, double, or triple-walled netting which can be fished on the surface, in the water column, or on the seafloor
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Bottom set gill net, trammel net
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