Wildlife Management
Fish Traps: The Pound Net Revival
One of the oldest methods of fish trapping might be exactly what today’s fisheries need. Pound nets — short for impoundment — are an assembly of pilings (or anchors) with netting attached to them. The method’s origin is difficult to determine, as some accounts state that the traps were used by Native Americans before the arrival of Europeans, while others state that the method was actually developed in Scotland before coming to North America...