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The purse seine is a preferred technique for capturing fish species which school, or aggregate, close to the surface: sardines, mackerel, anchovies, herring, and certain species of tuna (schooling); and salmon soon before they swim up rivers and streams to spawn (aggregation). Boats equipped with purse seines are called purse seiners.
A Colville Tribe biologist reports that during these two years the tribe harvested 3,163 hatchery Chinook while releasing 2,346 wild Chinook with only 1.4% direct or immediate mortality using purse seines, [35] whereas the tangle net was far less productive but had an approximate 12.5% mortality. Researchers commented that the use of recovery ...
English: PDF version of the US History Wikibook. This file was created with MediaWiki to LaTeX . The LaTeX source code is attached to the PDF file (see imprint).
My skipper always threatened to throw me overboard for calling line "rope". There is no "rope" on a boat. Everything is a line. The purse isn't rings with a "rope" through it. It's a ring with the purse line going through it. The seiner net has a whole anatomy: the breast line, the cork line, the lead line, the tow line, the purse line, etc.
The power of the purse is the ability of one group to control the actions of another group by withholding funding, or putting stipulations on the use of funds. The power of the purse can be used positively (e.g. awarding extra funding to programs that reach certain benchmarks) or negatively (e.g. removing funding for a department or program, effectively eliminating it).
The Lessons of History is a 1968 book by historians Will Durant and Ariel Durant. The book provides a summary of periods and trends in history they had noted upon completion of the 10th volume of their momentous eleven-volume The Story of Civilization. Will Durant stated that he and Ariel "made note of events and comments that might illuminate ...
Leather satchel. A satchel is a bag with a strap, traditionally used for carrying books. [1] The strap is often worn so that it diagonally crosses the body, with the bag hanging on the opposite hip, rather than hanging directly down from the shoulder.
A minaudière from 1938. A minaudière is a women's fashion accessory, generally considered a jewellery piece, intended to substitute for an evening bag.A case with compartments, it allows storage for several items in a small space, such as a makeup compact, lipstick, watch, reading glasses, or keys.