A Workbook on Fishing Gear Technology

1. Study of net making tools and accessories
2. Making of different types of knots, bends, hitches and their uses
3. Making of different types of splicing and their uses 
4. Identification of synthetic netting yarns 
5. Yarn numbering systems 
6. Fabrication of fishing gear webbing 
7. Shaping of webbing by braiding 
8. Tailoring of webbing by cutting 
9. Mounting of netting 
10. Joining of webbing 
11. Mending of fishing nets 
12. Hanging of netting 
13. Reading of fishing gear designs 
14. Identification of fishing accessories and materials 
15. Estimation of length of twine of webbing 
16. Estimation of weight of netting in air and water 
17. Preparation of square mesh codend 
18. Estimation of buoyant and sinking forces of float and sinker 
19. Estimation of buoyant forces of spherical floats 
20. Design and fabrication of trawl net 
21. Design and fabrication of gill net
22. Design and fabrication of trammel net 
23. Design and fabrication of long line 
24. Design and fabrication of trolling line 
25. Design and fabrication of fish pot
26. Extracting methods of fish catch from different gears 
27. Estimation of horizontal spread of trawl wings 
28. Estimation of twine surface area and drag of a trawl net
29. Estimation of distance between the trawl net, and the boatduring fishing operation
30. Otter board and its accessories 
31. Estimation of horizontal spread between otter boards 
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