Scoop Nets

Scoop Net Fishing

           The Scoop net refers to a fishing gear consisting of a net and one to two poles to keep the net open. It is either pushed forward in shallow water by one or two fishermen, or in deeper waters by an engine driven boat which may be a municipal boat (less than 3 GT) or commercial boat (more than 3 GT). Both types of net are better known as push nets.
            According to the 1993 to 1995 fishery statistics, the annual production of the push net in the municipal sector fluctuated abruptly while the commercial sector increased as shown in Table 21.

TABLE 21 PRODUCTION OF PUSHNET, 1993-1995 (METRIC TONS)

Source : Fisheries Statistics, 1993-1995. BAS

TABLE 22 DOMINANT SPECIES CAUGHT BY PUSHNET, 1995 (METRIC TONS)

Source : Fisheries Statistics, 1995. BAS

Fishing Gear and Methods

         Scoop nets in the Philippines can be grouped into three type

   7.1 Man-Push Net

   7.2 Boat-Push Net

   7.3 Scoop Net