Fishing - Set (fixed) net fishing (GEN, GN, GNF, GNS, GTN, GTR) | Scotland's Marine Assessment 2020

The use of set (fixed) nets as part of a commercial fishery.

FAO gear type (letters in brackets) is the International Standard Statistical Classification of Fishing Gear (ISSCFG). This was originally adopted during the 10th Session of the Coordinating Working Party on Fishery Statistics (July 1980).

Associated productive assessment:

Salmon and sea trout fishing

Associated pressures:

Barrier to species movement

Death or injury by collision above water

Death or injury by collision below water

Introduction of light or shading

Removal of non-target species (including lethal)

Surface abrasion

Underwater noise