leader-net

leader n Our crew had two cod traps to examine. Essentially these traps are great boxes of netting as much as fifty feet on a side. They have a bottom but no top. Stretching out from a "door" on one side is a long, vertically hung leader-net to guide the slow moving cod into the trap. The...

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Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Published: 1970
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Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/53072
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Summary:leader n Our crew had two cod traps to examine. Essentially these traps are great boxes of netting as much as fifty feet on a side. They have a bottom but no top. Stretching out from a "door" on one side is a long, vertically hung leader-net to guide the slow moving cod into the trap. The whole affair is moored to the sea floor with huge wrought-iron anchors which are the lasy surviving artifacts of ancient and forgotten ships. PRINTED ITEM DNE-cit G. M. Story JAN 1970 JH 1/70 Used I and Sup Used I 3 Used I leading net, leader backer/buoy/foot(s)/head/linnet/net, buoy, foot(s), linnet Checked by Jordyn Hughes on Wed 15 Jul 2015