Gill nets

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Gill nets

#1 Post by pete »

Was told this today but a half decker fishing gill nets landed 31 boxes of pollock into Killybegs during the week. Nearly make you cry :(
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#2 Post by corbyeire »

how long would that gill net have been left out to catch so much pollack? :x
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#3 Post by x »

2-3 days tops - otherwise those caught first would be rotting and have every crab in the place eating the lot. Often just overnight.
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#4 Post by Fish magnet »

A neighbour of mine who own a trawler which operates from Dunmore East in Waterford, told me that while the trawlers down there have been getting very few cod, a gill netter last week landed 200 boxes of Cod , taken from local wrecks.

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