Experimental operation of Japanese type cod traps in Newfoundland

• Main Author: Hayashi, Isamu
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Industrial Development Service, Department of Fisheries 1966
• Subjects: Cod fisheries > Newfoundland and Labrador; Fishing nets; Fish traps; Newfoundland; Newfoundland studies
• Online Access: http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/cns2/id/153192

Experimental Operation of Japanese Type Cod Traps in Newfoundland The present condition and the future of cod trap fishing -- How to know the good fishing grounds for cod trap nets. Modern researching method of trap fishing ground -- Actual method for design of fishing gears and managing the blue print -- The weak points of Newfoundland's traditional trap net and their improvable points. How to set up the cod trap net on the fishing ground -- The importance of leader net and door net for trap net fishing -- The consideration of construction for Newfoundland traditional trap net -- The process of experimental operation of Japanese type trap net. The construction of experimental Japanese type trap net -- How to set up guy and operate experimental Japanese trap net -- The process of experimental operation -- The conclusion -- Planing [sic] of improvement on Japanese type traps. The leader net -- Front net and winker net -- Bag net and flapper net -- Roof net -- The plan of improvement on Japanese type traps Project report (Canada. Fisheries Service. Industrial Development Branch) no. 1