LIFT NETS
Lift Net Fishing
The liftnet is one of the major fishing gear types in both the municipal and commercial fishing sectors. The commercial liftnets namely, bagnet and round haul seine ranked fourth and ninth, respectively among the commercial gear by contribution 8.5% of the 1995 commercial fishery production. The municipal lift nets composed of the bagnet and crab liftnet contributed 1.88% of the 1995 municipal fishery production.
The production of the different types of municipal and commercial liftnets are shown below. The bagnet increasing in catch while the round haul seine declined in 1995 as shown in Table 23. The bagnet among the liftnets is the most important gear in the municipal fishery contributing the highest production as shown in Table 24.
TABLE 23 PRODUCTION OF COMMERCIAL BAGNET AND ROUND-HAUL SEINE 1993-1995
(METRIC TONS)
Fishing Gear |
Volume (metric tons) |
1993 |
1994 |
1995 |
| Bagnet |
53,889 |
76,499 |
77,891 |
| Round Haul Seine |
242 |
2,225 |
1,528 |
TABLE 24 PRODUCTION OF MUNICIPAL BAGNET, CRABLIFTNET, ROUND HAUL SEINE AND LIFTNET, 1995 (METRIC TONS)
Fishing Gear |
Volume |
Percentage share to total municipal production |
Bagnet
Crab liftnet
Round Haul Seine Liftnet |
8,663
6,148
6,467 2,970 |
35.78
25.35
26.67 12.25 |
Source : Fisheries Statistics, 1993-1995. BAS
Commercial and municipal liftnets have similar species in the catch composition. The dominant species are roundscad, sardines and anchovies. The 1995 statistics indicated an increase in production for almost all species as shown in Table 25 and 26.
TABLE 25 DOMINANT FISH SPECIES CAUGHT BY COMMERCIAL BAGNET,1993-1995 (METRIC TONS)
Species |
1994 |
1995 |
Roundscad
Anchovies
Indian Sardines
Fimbriated Sardines
Frigate Tuna
Squid Slipmouth |
25,187
10,872
18,466
4,367
5,000
1,779 1,310 |
27,505
14,114
16,979
4,417
2,895
1,817 1,911 |
TABLE 26 DOMINANT FISH SPECIES CAUGHT BY COMMERCIAL ROUND HAUL SEINE , 1993-1995 (METRIC TONS)
Species |
1994 |
1995 |
Anchovies
Roundscad
Fimbriated Sardines
Frigate Tuna
Slipmouth
Crevalle
Indian Sardines Deep-Bodied Sardines |
98
594
34
173
10
58
837 123 |
1,206
5
28
47
134
-
- - |
Source : Fisheries Statistics, 1993-1995, BAS
Liftnets are mostly operated in municipal waters. Some liftnets like the crab liftnet, shrimp lift net and stationary lift net are set in shallow waters while other kinds of fish liftnet and round haul seine are operated in deeper waters. These are classified according to the targeted species and method of operation. |
