SDN:L22::NETT0075
IOS net
IOS net
Indian Ocean standard net - Currie (1963)
accepted
Net has a 113 cm diameter mouth with 3 cylinder sections 70 cm (12.5 mm mesh), 30 cm (sail cloth, and 100 cm (0.330 mm nylon mesh) and a conical section 300 cm (0.333 mm mesh). No closing mechanism is used in standard haul. Flowmeter use is recommended. It was based on the Discovery N 100 net. Used during the UK NIO Indian Ocean Expedition of the 1960s [Wiebe and Benfield 2003 Plate 1 G].