Trammel net. Side View. Trammel net. End View.

Rare c.19th hand coloured lithograph of a trammel net used on the New South Wales coast.

A trammel net is a three-layered dragnet, designed so that a fish entering through one of the large-meshed outer sections will push part of the finer-meshed central section through the large meshes on the further side, forming a pocket in which the fish is trapped.

References:
Ferguson, J. A. Bibliography of Australia Volumes 1-8, Canberra 1976 : 17064.

Collections:
Smithsonian Institution: Call Number SH318.N5 T5
State Library New South Wales: 991014066549702626
State Library Victoria: 994888133607636