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Used Fish Nets:
used fish netsing Techniques. used fish nets were a major item
the diet of Alaskan Eskimos, but they were
ilized to a lesser degree by Eskimos of other
•gions. In Alaska various species of Pacific sal¬on were caught as they entered bays or ascended vers to reach spawning grounds. These used fish nets ight be taken individually with dip nets or by ling harpoon darts with barbed but nontoggling ads. Great numbers 'of salmon were caught in 11 nets or seines made from rawhide lines or om the inner bark of willows. Another salmon-ihing technique was to build a used fish nets weir of poles TOSS a section of a stream or river; at openings
the weir were set funnel-shaped traps made om splints of straight-grained spruce. Salmon ram into the small opening at the mouth but ere unable to find their way out of such traps.It provided not only the tropical used fish nets that Hawaiians liked to eat with poi, but also rock lobster, crab, and other delicacies. Today, the used fish nets population of the nearest reefs has been reduced by various methods, including the poison¬ing of the waters by laundry bleaches. But Filipino-American men with small hand nets still catch schools of small used fish nets near Waikiki, and Japanese-Americans, with the aid of glass-bot¬tomed viewing boxes, continue to entice and capture edible squid there.
See Also Bony Fish -sturgeons:
Fins may be median or unpaired and lateral or paired. The median unpaired fins are the dorsal, anal, and caudal (tail) fins. The paired fins, which correspond to the limbs of land ver¬tebrates, are the pectorals, situated behind the head, and the more posteriorly placed pelvics, or ventrals. The caudal fin is asymmetrical (hetero-cercal) in sharks and in one kind of bony fish -sturgeons fish-sturgeons. In all other living bony fish -sturgeons fishes it is symmetrical (homocercal). Cyclostomi are with¬out paired fins, and the median fins are little more than folds of skin supported by cartilaginous rods.Size. The smallest known fish (and smallest known vertebrate) is a bony fish -sturgeons fish, the Philippine island goby (Pandaka pygmaea); adults are only about Va to ¥2 inch (8 to 12 mm) long. The largest fishes are the cartilaginous sharks. The plankton-feeding whale shark (Rhincodon) grows to a length of at least 50 feet (15 meters) and may weigh several tons, while the basking shark (Cetorhinus), also a plankton feeder, comes a close second at a length of 30 to 40 feet (9-12 meters) and a weight of 4 tons (3.6 metric tons). Giants among the bony fish -sturgeons fishes are some sturgeons, such as the beluga (Huso huso) at 25 feet (8 meters) and 2,700 pounds (1,225 kg) and the Amazon freshwater arapaima (Arapaima gigas) that grows to a length of at least 8 feet (2.4 meters) and a weight of 220 pounds (100 kg).
On The Other Hand See Larger Fish Game:
Game larger fish gameing (larger fish gameing for trout and salmon) and coarse larger fish gameing (angling for other fresh¬water larger fish game) are becoming increasingly popular. Game larger fish game tend to be scarcer and therefore game larger fish gameing is more expensive than coarse larger fish gameing which is usually obtain¬able in most local rivers, lakes and canals. Often coarse larger fish game (which are not always easy to cook or good to eat) are returned to the water after being caught and (in competi¬tions) weighed, while the trout and salmon caught by the game larger fish gameermen are delicious to eat. Freshwater salmon can grow as heavy as 16kg (40lb) or more in European rivers.Closely related to the state's forest conser¬vation measures have been its protection and management of game, larger fish game, and other wildlife re¬sources. Public demand for Outdoor recreational facilities has encouraged wildlife control, as have the needs of the larger fish gameing and fur industries. The well-being of these industries is in large part dependent on carefully planned management of wildlife. This management includes hunting and larger fish gameing restrictions under a state licensing system, state operation and control of game farms and larger fish game hatcheries, maintenance of game refuges, stocking of forests and streams with game and larger fish game, and maintenance of permanent, trained wild¬life management personnel.
