Pound nets are a series of nets anchored to the bottom perpendicular to shore and are set in nearshore areas. Pound nets consist of a fence leader that interrupts the movements of target …

A pound net is a visible passive (stationary) gear type used for the live-entrapment of fish species. This gear is constructed using an arrangement of fiber netting supported upon a series of …

Pound net sites in the Maryland portion of the Chesapeake Bay must be registered with the Department of Natural Resources. The following map will assist you in viewing all pound net …

Jan 23, 2007 · Every pound net set licensed in the Chesapeake Bay or one of its tributaries may retain the locations it lawfully occupied on June 1, 1949. A person may not set at any time a …

Oct 1, 2018 · 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 …

May 1, 2014 · As defined in Maryland regulation, a pound net means a fixed entrapment gear consisting of: (a) A net body or crib measuring at least 16 feet long by 16 feet wide at the …

Jul 27, 2018 · A trap or pound net is a type of fishing gear with a complex organization of nets anchored to the substrate that “lead” or funnel fish into a final compartment (i.e., trap or pound) …

A pound net consists of net attached to several pilings driven into the river bottom in a line perpendicular to the river flow. Fish swim along the net to a trap midstream, where they can be …

Mar 20, 2025 · WDFW conducted a test fishery of a pound net trap located in Cathlamet Channel, Wahkiakum County, from 2018 to 2020 to evaluate the viability of these traps as an alternative …

What Activities Require This Permit? The use of a pound net or any part of one in joint or coastal fishing waters of North Carolina. What Is the Purpose of This Permit? To identify the locations …