Preliminary investigations on sun-hemp twine as a fishing net material


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Authors

  • H Miyamoto
  • A T Shariff

Abstract

The sun-hemp twine is an important net-making material in India next only to cotton and coconut fibre. Though the fishermen throughout the coast­ line of India are using sun-hemp twines for gill-nets, boat-seines, beach­ seines, ba-g-nets, stake-nets, etc., the characteristics of the twine as a fishing gear material have not yet been investigated. In these experiments, we have carried out a preliminary investigation on breaking strength, breaking stretch and rotting of the twines during continuous immersion in sea-water with a view to taking up further investigations on improving the twine as a gear material.

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Submitted

2016-10-06

Published

2016-10-06

Issue

Vol. 6 No. 2 (1959)

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How to Cite

Miyamoto, H., & Shariff, A. T. (2016). Preliminary investigations on sun-hemp twine as a fishing net material. Indian Journal of Fisheries, 6(2), 389-398. https://epubs.icar.org.in/index.php/IJF/article/view/62188