Talk:Drift netting

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[edit] Merge with gill net

it is not a good idea to merge them. but it is a good idea to link them together. Jackzhp 14:06, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

I agree with Jackzhp --Xarvia 23:02, 29 July 2007 (UTC)

But a drift net works precisely the same way as a gillnet; it is just deployed differently. Does that warrant two articles? 146.243.4.157 (talk) 16:37, 3 January 2008 (UTC)

There is often a kind of background confusion in fishing about what is tackle (equipment) and what is a technique (method). The tackle is what is used, the technique is how it is used. Often the tackle determines the technique. Then it seems like they are same thing when they are not. A "gill net" is a piece of tackle. "Drift netting" is a technique, a way of using gill nets. There is nothing wrong with gill nets as such, but it can be problematic when they are used for drift netting. Drift netting is an important topic in its own right, quite apart from the particular type of net that is called a "gill net". Anyway, I've renamed this article "Drift netting", since this maybe reduces the confusion a little. --This offering from the ancient and terminally afflicted pedant, Geronimo20 (talk) 20:00, 9 May 2008 (UTC)