I just saw an r/oddlysatisfying video of a guy throwing a giant fishing net in slow motion and it occurred to me that I don’t know how they work. Like I see how throwing it spreads it out but how do fish actually get trapped in a flat net? Is there some mechanism that closes it up?
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Depends on the type of net. Salmon are caught in a vertical net that has a lead line through the bottom. They swim into the holes of the net and get stuck. Fisherman actually change the sizes of the holes in the net depending on how large the fish are they are catching or not catching.
Source: five years on the docks offloading salmon tenders.
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