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Types of fishing nets:
- Seine
- A large net that hangs vertically in the water by attaching weights along the bottom edge and floats along the top.
- Stake net
- A form of net for catching salmon, consisting of a sheet of network stretched on stakes fixed into the ground, generally in rivers or where the sea ebbs and flows, for entangling and catching the fish.
- Trammel
- A fishing net set vertically in the water with three layers. The inner layer is of a finer mesh than the outer layers.
- Trawl
- A large net, conical in shape, towed along the sea bottom. See trawling.
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