Digital Library Search
![The gill net, sometimes called a drift net because it is set to drift downstream with the current, is hauled in over a power-driven drum in the stern of theboat fish5746.jpg The gill net, sometimes called a drift net because it is set to drift downstream with the current, is hauled in over a power-driven drum in the stern of theboat](/sites/default/files/styles/max_1300x1300/https/s3.amazonaws.com/s3-east-testmedia-noaa.woc.noaa.gov/dam/Photos/legacy/pl23_fish5746.jpg?itok=-orAf8St)
Description
The gill net, sometimes called a drift net because it is set to drift downstream with the current, is hauled in over a power-driven drum in the stern of theboat. (Image credit: NOAA Central Library Historical Fisheries Collection)
Credit
NOAA Central Library Historical Fisheries Collection
Collection
Historic Fisheries