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FORK RIGGING [1 record]

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Record 1 2021-02-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Commercial Fishing
CONT

Various types of bottom trawls are used… fork rig [is] used to obtain higher vertical opening for the catch of midwater fishes.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pêche commerciale
DEF

Type [d'assemblage] de chalut de fond caractérisé par un câble reliant directement l'aile supérieure du chalut à un point de la fune situé en avant du panneau.

CONT

Un gréement à fourches […] permet une plus grande possibilité d'ouverture verticale; la fourche est alors maillée directement sur la fune en avant du panneau; la longueur de la fourche inférieure qui relie la fune au panneau est également fonction de la possibilité d'ouverture verticale du chalut.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Pesca comercial
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