A lampara net is a type of

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. It is a surrounding net having the shape of a

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or a

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with a short leadline under a longer floatline. The net has a central bunt to contain the fish and two lateral wings. tp://ftp.fao.org/FI/CDrom/ARTFIMED/ArtFiWeb/descript/Gear/geartype/gt201.htm Lampara netsFishing gear type: Fact sheet. FAO/FIIT. Retrieved 13 March 2012. Lampara nets are used for capturing

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, those swimming near the water's surface. They are often used in the

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, the

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, and

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to catch

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s. In

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they are used for anchoveta and mackerels and in Japan for sea breams and

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. They are used in Australia to catch eastern sea garfish (''

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australis''). In South Florida in the US lampara nets are used to catch

ballyhoo The ballyhoo halfbeak or ballyhoo (''Hemiramphus brasiliensis'') is a baitfish of the halfbeak family (Hemiramphidae). It is similar to the Balao halfbeak (''H. balao'') in most features. Ballyhoo are frequently used as cut bait and for trollin ...

(''Hemiramphus brasiliensis'') and

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(''H. balao''), which are used as

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by anglers. The fishery for

opalescent inshore squid ''Doryteuthis opalescens'', the opalescent inshore squid or market squid, is a small squid ( mantle length (ML) up to 190 mm) in the family Loliginidae. It is a myopsid squid, which is the near shore group and that means that they have co ...

(''Doryteuthis opalescens'') in

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became successful after

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introduced the lampara net there in 1905.Vojkovich, M. (1998)
The California fishery for market squid (''Loligo opalescens'').
''California Cooperative Oceanic Fisheries Investigations Report'' 39, 55-60. These nets are often utilized on

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s 9 to 18 meters long with 50 to 150 horsepower engines. The nets are hauled in by hand by a team of crewmembers pulling the lateral wings. The fish are removed with a smaller net or a scoop.

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