This gear is used exclusively for catching fish that
go in schools or swim near the surface of the water such as mackerels,
sardines, roundscads, caranx, tunas, and bonitos.
A ring net (Batangas, pukot or talakop) is a rectangular net held vertically in the water by a
line or floats above the water surface and a line of lead sinkers below with
bunt at the center and pursing device along the sinker line.
This type of fishing gear
is operated in the open sea during daytime or nighttime by eight to 29 fishermen
on board a powered boat. A skiff boat is used to encircle and impound a school
of fish. Fish are caught by means of a pursing device or a ropei line rove
through a series of rings attached to the ground rope. This pursing device closes
the bottom rim of the net when impounding a school of fish.
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