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HAND FISHING [9 records]

Record 1 2023-07-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Commercial Fishing
CONT

Hand-harpoon fishing is defined as fishing for fish and marine mammals by throwing a harpoon with a detachable head from a boat.... hunting of dolphins and porpoises with hand harpoons was... common in [some countries].

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pêche commerciale

Spanish

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Record 2 2022-10-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hunting and Sport Fishing
DEF

A fishing line... with one or several baited hooks attached, worked by hand.

CONT

Once a handline has been suitably rigged, fishing is not simply a matter of throwing the line in the water anywhere and waiting.

Key term(s)
  • hand-line

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chasse et pêche sportive
DEF

Ligne dotée de plusieurs hameçons, et utilisée à la main ou montée sur une canne.

CONT

À peu près toutes les sortes de lignes et de fils peuvent être utilisées pour confectionner une ligne à main.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Caza y pesca deportiva
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Record 3 2022-06-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Collaboration with the FAO
  • Commercial Fishing
  • Hunting and Sport Fishing
CONT

Handfishing, also known as noodling, ... is a method of catching catfish (most often flathead catfish) with one’s hands. No rods, reels, hooks, lines, bait, nor tackle are generally used. ... People that handfish feel their way along shallow riffles, slower deep water, sunken logs, root wads, or along stream banks looking for holes or ledges where catfish are laying their eggs, guarding their nest, or resting.

OBS

The term "noodling[, "] although today used primarily towards the capture of flathead catfish, can and has been applied to all hand fishing methods, regardless of the method or species of fish sought.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Collaboration avec la FAO
  • Pêche commerciale
  • Chasse et pêche sportive

Spanish

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Record 4 2021-11-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hunting and Sport Fishing
CONT

Handlining is a fishing method in which a line with a hook, usually baited, is lowered into the water from a drifting, anchored or moving boat or from a jetty, pier or rock on the shore overlooking the water. Handlining is just as its name implies—holding a line in the hand while waiting either actively or passively for a fish to take the bait.

Key term(s)
  • hand lining
  • hand line fishing

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chasse et pêche sportive
CONT

La pêche à la ligne à main est une technique consistant à mettre à l'eau une ligne garnie d'un hameçon généralement appâté; cette mise à l'eau peut se faire à partir d'un bateau ancré, dérivant ou en route aussi bien qu'à partir du rivage, d'une jetée, d'un môle ou d'un enrochement surplombant l'eau. Comme son nom l'indique, la pêche à la ligne à main revient simplement à tenir une ligne à la main tout en attendant, soit activement, soit passivement, qu'un poisson vienne mordre à l'appât.

Spanish

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Record 5 2021-06-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Commercial Fishing
  • Hunting and Sport Fishing
DEF

The fishing by means of a spear propelled by a spring, an elastic band, compressed air, a bow or by hand.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pêche commerciale
  • Chasse et pêche sportive
DEF

Pêche pratiquée avec un harpon actionné par un ressort, un élastique, de l'air comprimé, un arc ou la main.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Pesca comercial
  • Caza y pesca deportiva
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Record 6 2019-02-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Commercial Fishing
CONT

Mending needles comprise hand sewing needles that are made available in extra length as well as with large threading eyes that make these perfect to be used for mending torn fishing nets.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pêche commerciale
DEF

Instrument de forme allongée, en plastique, en métal ou en bois, garni du fil nécessaire au ramendage ou au laçage manuel.

Spanish

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Record 7 1999-08-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sports (General)
  • Specialized Vocabulary and Phraseologism of Sports
DEF

In sports, an athlete using mainly his or her right hand to throw an object(a ball, rock, weight, hammer, javelin, fishing line, darts, etc.), his or her right hand or foot to hit an object or hold the bat or stick to hit the object(a ball, puck, ring, etc.), or his or her right side to fire(in biathlon, shooting, archery, etc.).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports (Généralités)
  • Vocabulaire spécialisé et phraséologie des sports
DEF

En sport, athlète qui utilise principalement sa main droite pour lancer un objet (balle, ballon, boule, pierre, poids, marteau, javelot, ligne à pêche, dards, etc.), sa main droite ou son pied droit pour frapper un objet ou tenir le bâton servant à frapper cet objet (balle, ballon, bille, rondelle, anneau, etc.), ou son côté droit pour exécuter un tir de (en biathlon, en tir, au tir à l'arc, etc.).

Spanish

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Record 8 1999-08-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sports (General)
  • Specialized Vocabulary and Phraseologism of Sports
DEF

In sports, an athlete using mainly his or her left hand to throw an object(a ball, rock, weight, hammer, javelin, fishing line, darts, etc.), his or her left hand or foot to hit an object or hold the bat or stick to hit the object(a ball, puck, ring, etc.), or his or her left side to fire(in biathlon, shooting, archery, etc.).

OBS

southpaw (noun or adjective, slang): A left-handed baseball pitcher, or any left-handed person.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports (Généralités)
  • Vocabulaire spécialisé et phraséologie des sports
DEF

En sport, athlète qui utilise principalement sa main gauche pour lancer un objet (balle, ballon, boule, pierre, poids, marteau, javelot, ligne à pêche, dards, etc.), sa main gauche ou son pied gauche pour frapper un objet ou tenir le bâton servant à frapper cet objet (balle, ballon, bille, rondelle, anneau, etc.), ou son côté gauche pour exécuter un tir de (en biathlon, en tir, au tir à l'arc, etc.).

Spanish

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Record 9 1986-01-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Commercial Fishing
OBS

(marine).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pêche commerciale

Spanish

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