Dear Beth
 
Many thanks for your suggestion on using a lead weight with something
sticky to pick up the substrate. I had thought of tying my Filipino
boatman and a heavy rock on the end of a rope and telling him to go
down and see, but he seemed to object to that!
 
Thanks for encouragement. Think of me next time you are sipping your
first evening martini about 5:30pm or so - then it will be dawn over
here and I will be hauling up another load of rocks
 
Best regards
 
Richard Parker
 
>From: Peter Froehlich <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: Conchologists of America List <[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: Philippines - Deep Sea Tangle Netting - Report 1
fromSiargao
>Date: Thu, 8 Apr 1999 19:20:39 -0400
>
>Richard,  In order to check bottom and avoid setting your net in
substrates
>you have found unproductive you might try a large lead weight with a
hole
>drilled in the end that has been filled with petroleum jelly or some
other
>sticky substance.  I know that the big sailing ships used to use this
>technique for navigation in shallow water using a line with knot in
it each
>fathom.  Anyway, it would be easy to experiment in shallow water to
see what
>sticky substance works best and what it looks like after touching
different
>substrates.  Hope this helps.
>Good Luck and let us all know  the results of your next attempts.
>
>Beth DeHaas
>Whitefield, Maine
>
 
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