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The stow net fishing used bag-shaped nets that are passively in the water flow, usually placed from the boat, each with a large network on both sides of the catching vessel. Unlike other techniques, it does not drag the nets through the bottom of the Wadden Sea or a river. Because it protects vegetation and wildlife, it is considered one of the most environmentally friendly fishing techniques . The fish are "kept" on board, that is, kept alive in a water tank.
technology
The Hamenfischer lets two large four-shovel anchors parallel to the bottom of the water on long chains . When the anchors are securely in place, the ship is positioned in the stream, then the hams are lowered into the water on both sides of the ship . Hamen - also called Sterthamen - usually consist of two rectangular nets, each with a large pocket, which are held apart by two large wooden or iron bars horizontally (with four bars also vertically) and a rope system. The ship lies calmly in the current while fishing, no silt is whirled up because the engine is switched off. The fish swim against the current and are driven tail first into the nets and collect in the several meter long net pockets, also known as "net steers". "Steert" denotes in the Low German tail . Before the current subsides, the hamen, the two rods, are closed so that the fish can no longer escape. The net steer is now taken in, carefully opened and the fish are put alive with the net in the bünn , a room inside the ship, for storage. The bycatch can be released again.
In earlier times, the same technique, the setzhamen, was used to fish in rivers from the bank.
Word origin
The designation "Hamen" for a bag-shaped fish net goes back to the Germanic word root * hama-, * haman- for "shell, skin".
Individual evidence
- ↑ Wolfgang Pfeifer et al .: Hamen. In: Etymological Dictionary of German (1993), digitized version revised by Wolfgang Pfeifer in the Digital Dictionary of the German Language. Retrieved January 5, 2019 .
