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Trawl

Trawling is one of the most common methods of fishing in the world. Trawling involves towing one or more trawl nets behind a boat or in between two boats, either through the water column or along the ocean’s floor. Trawl nets are usually shaped like a cone or funnel with a wide opening to catch fish or crustaceans and a narrow closed end called a cod-end. Trawls can be used in water of various depths down to around 3000m, and nets differ by their mesh size.

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Demersal trawl	Midwater trawl

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