Re: [Paddlewise] Commercial Fishing Gear [OT]

> No, those were not anchors.  They were standard stabilizers.  They are
heavily
> built so they will sink into the water enough to stabilize the boat.  
And no,
> the use of stabilizers is not restricted to "unstable" boats.  The 

Thanks.  I'll have to pay better attention the next time I see the movie
(on t.v. or video).

> > recall, gillnets are typically fed and retrieved from a spool or reel
> > similar to a longline spool/reel, and the stern is usually very low
to
> > allow pulling the net on board.  The fish are picked from the net as
it's
> > reeled in.
> 
> Some salmon gillnet boats retrieve the net over the bow.  

Fortunately I covered myself with "typically."  

> Huh?  I can go examine any of twenty local draggers and they all
retrieve their
> nets over the stern.  I agree some use booms to deploy the net, which
would be
> beam or outrigger trawlers.  Here is a section off the Brittanica Web
site to
> clarify this:

I stand corrected.  My experience has been with Alaska shrimp and scallop
and Georgia shrimp trawlers, which have all been outrigger trawlers.  I
wasn't even aware of stern trawlers until I read your message.  Thanks
for the education.

Darrell Lee
Alameda, CA
snorkler_at_juno.com

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