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Commercial Fishery
In British Columbia, salmon have been fished commercially for over a century. In the 1990s, the commercial fleet took more than 90 percent of the salmon caught in B.C. Commercial fishermen use several types of equipment to catch salmon. Gill netting: Gill netters drop large, wide-meshed "curtains" into the water. The nets have floats on top to keep them from sinking. These nets snag fishes at the gills and drown them. Trolling: Trollers tow long lines with baited hooks through the water behind their boats. Seining: Seiners use enormous small-meshed nets to encircle the salmon. The net is pulled closed at the bottom like a bag and drawn up to the boat. Of these three methods, seiners catch the most fishes. |
