Essays about: "fishing and hunting gear"

Found 2 essays containing the words fishing and hunting gear.

1. 1. Making nets more acoustically visible : Floats as passive mitigation measures to reduce bycatch of harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) in gillnets

   University essay from SLU/Dept. Of Aquatic Resources

   Author : Frida Rosshagen; [2023]
   Keywords : toothed whales; harbour porpoise; Phocoena phocoena; incidental capture; bycatch; fisheries; fishing gear; ; gillnet; mitigation; reduction; low-cost; passive acoustic reflector; float;

   Abstract : Incidental capture in fishing gear is today affecting at least 112 marine mammal species worldwide and for many smaller toothed whale species (Odontocete), gillnets are considered to be the largest problem. Although some effective mitigation measures exists, these are often context specific and many might be hard to implement due to reasons such as high costs and maintenance. READ MORE

3. 2. Evidence for a Stone Age fibre technology – a closer look at the prehistoric String Theory

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Arkeologi

   Author : Eva Christina Wigforss; [2014]
   Keywords : Grounded Theory; prehistoric fiber string theory; materiality; knotting; perforated beads; textile impression in clay; cordage; fishing and hunting gear; Upper Palaeolithic; Mesolithic; textile ethnographia; History and Archaeology;

   Abstract : The aim of the present study was to take a closer look into the evidence for a theory of prehistoric string manufacture, formulated by the British archaeologist Karen Hardy in the article Prehistoric string theory. How twisted fibers helped to shape the world (Hardy, 2008). READ MORE