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Fishery techniques   Seining fisheries   Purse seining   Anchor seining   

Seining fisheries

Seining fisheries work with the principle of catching fish by encircling them with a long net. This was once an important form of fishing which was practiced from the shore. Modern variations are purse seining (applied by industrial fisheries) and anchor seining. The anchor seining technique is applied in shallow coastal water by Danish snurrevåd fishermen. In deeper water, a variation is applied that was developed around Iceland: fly shootign.

  • Fishing with horses

    One example where seining fisheries was done from the beach was on Ameland using horses. The seine, an extremely long net, was carried into the water by a horseman. The net was attached to a farmer's wagon on the beach. Both moved in the same direction at the same time. The seines scraped over the sea bottom and drove the fish forward. After a one-kilometer long ride, the horseman towed the net out of the water and the fish could be scooped up. Elsewhere a boat was used to carry the seines. The advantage here  was that the nets could be even longer.