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Spear (FGT_37)
DGIF baseline 2026-1, the latest. Earlier baselines: timemap.
RDF: fgt_37.ttl
- Name
spear- Attribute
- FGT Fishing Gear Type
- Definition
- A spear and shaft connected by line, that when used the shaft separates from the spear and floats to the surface.
- Description
- Minor usage in commercial fisheries. Harpoons differ from spears in that the point becomes separated from the shaft when it penetrates the victim and the shaft floats to the surface, the point and the shaft remaining connected by a line.
- Synonyms
- Harpoon
- Accepted
- 2013-10-18
- Allowed for
- FC187 Fishery Species Distribution
Source: DGIF 2026-1 QEA model, DGIWG. Standard: DGIWG 206-3. Licence: CC BY 4.0, © DGIWG.