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FILET MAILLANT [2 records]

Record 1 - external organization data 2021-03-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment – Nomenclature 4.0
  • Museums and Heritage (General)
OBS

gill net: an item in the "Fishing and Trapping Tools and Equipment" class of the "Tools and Equipment for Materials" category.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Nomenclature 4.0
  • Muséologie et patrimoine (Généralités)
OBS

filet maillant : objet de la classe «Outils et équipement de pêche et de piégeage» de la catégorie «Outillage et équipement pour le traitement des matières».

Spanish

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Record 2 2021-01-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Commercial Fishing
CONT

A gillnet catches fish that swim into it. It has a floatline along the top and a leadline along the bottom. The netting hangs straight up-and-down in the water like a good fence ... A gillnet catches fish by their gills. ... When the fish swims up to the net it sticks its head right into one of the meshes.

Key term(s)
  • gill-net

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pêche commerciale
DEF

Filet [de pêche] de forme rectangulaire fabriqué en fils fins, mouillé verticalement dans l'eau et tendu entre la ralingue supérieure garnie de flotteurs et la ralingue inférieure garnie de plombs.

OBS

Ce type de filet se tient verticalement dans l'eau […] La largeur des mailles est calculée pour retenir le poisson par la tête ou l'avant du corps.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Pesca comercial
CONT

Una red de enmalle captura a los peces que entran en ella. Tiene una relinga de corchos en su parte superior y una relinga de plomos en su parte inferior. Los paños de redes quedan verticales en el agua como si fueran una buena valla.

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