It is my understanding that tangle nets are just old nets of fairly fine
mesh that the fishermen weight down so that they lay on the bottom for a
while, and molluscs become tangled in them!  They frequently lower them
to depths of 30 to 40 meters, sometimes up to 80m.

From the Calm befor the Storm,
Ross M.
>
> Subject: Tangle Nets
> Date: Mon, 15 Jul 2002 00:50:31 EDT
> From: Stephen McMahan <[log in to unmask]>
>
> Hi everyone,
>
>                    Does anyone know of a website that has a picture or
> drawing of a tangle net? I'm looking for a good example for an upcoming show.
> Thanks.
>
> Stephen McMahan

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