how do fishing nets work?

Question

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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Answer 1

the net have heavy chain on the outer layer. when you throw net in water, heavy chain go bottom and fish inside net cannot escape. then you pull it, fish trapped inside