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    Trawl nets are cone-shaped nets which a re towed, by one or two boats, on the bottom or in midwater. The horizontal opening of the gear while it is towed is maintained by beams, otter boards (doors) or by the di stance between the two towing vessels (pair trawling) Floats and weights and / or hydrodynamic devices provide for the vertical opening.

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    Trawl nets are cone-shaped nets which a re towed, by one or two boats, on the bottom or in midwater. The horizontal opening of the gear while it is towed is maintained by beams, otter boards (doors) or by the di stance between the two towing vessels (pair trawling) Floats and weights and / or hydrodynamic devices provide for the vertical opening.

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    Trawl nets are cone-shaped nets which a re towed, by one or two boats, on the bottom or in midwater. The horizontal opening of the gear while it is towed is maintained by beams, otter boards (doors) or by the di stance between the two towing vessels (pair trawling) Floats and weights and / or hydrodynamic devices provide for the vertical opening.

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    The trawl net The trawl nets are cone-shaped nets (made from two, four or more panels)

    which a re towed, by one or two boats, on the bottom or in midwater (bottom trawl and midwa ter trawl). The cone-shaped body ends in a bag or codend. The horizontal opening of the gear while it is towed is maintained by beams, otter boards (doors) or by the di stance between the two towing vessels (pair trawling). Floats and weights and/or hydrodynamic devices provide for the vertical opening. Two parallel trawls might be rigged between two otter boards (twin trawls).

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