Table 2 Definitions of some of the different static gear types [10]
Gear category | Gear name | Definition | Examples |
|---|---|---|---|
Traps and pots | Barrier traps | Traps that can be closed manually by the fisher after fish enter | Walls, dams, fences, fyke nets, gratings, watched chambers |
Habitat traps | Traps that mimic hiding places for target species | Brush traps, octopus pots | |
Tubular traps | Narrow funnels or hoses that prevent the fish from escaping backwards | Eel tubes | |
Mechanical traps | Traps that mechanically close once the target species enters | Gravity traps, box traps, bent-rod traps (including whipping bough traps), torsion traps, snares | |
Baskets | Enclosed traps and pots | 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) | |
Large open traps | 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 | Corrals | |
Out of water traps | Traps set out of the water to catch fish such as flying fish | Veranda nets | |
Longlines | Longlines | 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) | Set longlines, bottom longlines |
Nets | Gill nets | Strings of single, double, or triple-walled netting which can be fished on the surface, in the water column, or on the seafloor | Bottom set gill net, trammel net |