A fishing method called, ____ fishing, uses a large net that encircles the target to catch surface-dwelling species such as tuna, mackerel, anchovies, and herring, which tend to feed in schools near the surface or in shallow areas.
Purse-seine fishing in considered to be an efficient form of fishing
It has no contact with the seabed and can have low levels of bycatch (accidental catch of unwanted species)
A vertical net ‘curtain’ is used to surround the school of fish, the bottom of which is then drawn together to enclose the fish, rather like tightening the cords of a drawstring purse
A purse seine is made of a long wall of netting framed with floatline and leadline (usually, of equal or longer length than the former) and having purse rings hanging from the lower edge of the gear, through which runs a purse line made from steel wire or rope which allow the pursing of the net
