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SS3 Fisheries

Materials and methods for harvesting fish

Overview

Identifying various fishing gears used in harvesting. Identifying the various craft used in harvesting. Stating the various methods involved in harvesting. Constructing and mending the fishing gears.

What you'll learn
  • Various types of gears:
  • i. Spears
  • ii. Knives
  • iii. Traps
  • iv. Hooks and line
  • v. Cast nets
  • vi. Gill nets
  • vii. Drag nets
  • viii. Trawl nets
  • Various fishing crafts:
  • i. Dug-out canoe
  • ii. Wooden/flat bottom canoe
  • iii. Motorized canoe
  • iv. Dingy
  • v. Trawlers
  • Methods of harvesting:
  • - Using hooks and line
  • - Spearing
  • - Netting
  • - Trawling
  • - Draining the water (partial or complete)
  • Construction and mending of the cears.