Fishing net
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Fishing net in Guinea
A fishing net is a woven trap usually used to catch fish. They are usually made out of rope. A net is a kind of tool.
Fishing nets are one of the oldest ways of catching fish. They can be made with all kinds of fabric like nylon, cotton, grass, flax, and tree fibers. The oldest known fish nets dates back to 8500 BC in Finland.[1] Native Americans made their nets on the Columbia River from grass, cedar, and spruce root fibers.
Other methods of catching fish
Fishing Net Media
- AntreaNet.jpg
Pieces of the Antrea Net, 8,300 BC, the oldest-known fishing net
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Cucuteni-Trypillian ceramic weights
Drawing of trawling
- Payallarfishing.jpg
Ametour en:fishing in Payallar en:Alanya
- Coracles River Teifi.jpg
- CoraclesRiverTeifi
- Salmon Netting below Paxton House - geograph.org.uk - 216572.jpg
Salmon Netting below Paxton House - geograph.org.uk - 216572
- Gill net hauled in over a power-driven drum.jpg
Gill net hauled in over a power-driven drum
- Fishing nets (8377175145).jpg
Fishing nets
References
- ↑ Miettinen, Arto; Sarmaja-Korjonen, Kaarina; Sonninen, Eloni; Junger, Högne; Lempiäinen, Terttu; Ylikoski, Kirsi; Mäkiaho, Jari-Pekka; Carpelan, Christian; Jungner, Högne (2008), "The palaeoenvironment of the Antrea Net Find", Karelian Isthmus, Helsinki: Finnish Antiquarian Society, pp. 71–87, ISBN 978-951-9057-68-2, retrieved 2023-11-18
