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Alaska salmon roundup - Purse seining is an important method of taking salmon in the deep, swift waters of Alaska

Description

Alaska salmon roundup - Purse seining is an important method of taking salmon in the deep, swift waters of Alaska. Salmon moving near the surface aresurrounded with a wall of netting, which is supported by corks or floats. Lines are then drawn in the lower surface of the net to purse it into a baglikeshape. The fish are then brailed out of the net.

Credit

NOAA Central Library Historical Fisheries Collection

Collection

Historic Fisheries