SET NET FISHING IN ALASKA

Set nets are a type of gill net operation. The set nets are fixed nets that are held on shore or off shore with types of anchors.

Set nets may be positioned up to one and one half nautical miles off shore from the mean high tide mark. Set nets are regulated by length, depth and mesh size. Nets must be placed 6 hundred feet apart.

When set net operations were beginning to spring up in Cook Inlet they were run at first by local families. This remains true to this day. This occupation has never been considered to be the only source of income needed by these fisherman. It is always a seasonal operation and most of these individuals work at a lot of other jobs to supplement their income.

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