A lampara net is a type of

fishing net A fishing net is a net used for fishing. Nets are devices made from fibers woven in a grid-like structure. Some fishing nets are also called fish traps, for example fyke nets. Fishing nets are usually meshes formed by knotting a relatively thin ...

. It is a

surrounding net A surrounding net is a fishing net which surrounds fish and other aquatic animals on the sides and underneath. It is typically used by commercial fishers, and pulled along the surface of the water. There is typically a purse line at the botto ...

having the shape of a

spoon A spoon is a utensil consisting of a shallow bowl (also known as a head), oval or round, at the end of a handle. A type of cutlery (sometimes called flatware in the United States), especially as part of a place setting, it is used primarily for ...

or a

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with a short leadline under a longer floatline. The net has a central bunt to contain the fish and two lateral wings. tp://ftp.fao.org/FI/CDrom/ARTFIMED/ArtFiWeb/descript/Gear/geartype/gt201.htm Lampara netsFishing gear type: Fact sheet. FAO/FIIT. Retrieved 13 March 2012. Lampara nets are used for capturing

pelagic fish Pelagic fish live in the pelagic zone of ocean or lake waters—being neither close to the bottom nor near the shore—in contrast with demersal fish that do live on or near the bottom, and reef fish that are associated with coral reef ...

, those swimming near the water's surface. They are often used in the

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, the

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, and

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to catch

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s. In

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they are used for

anchoveta The Peruvian anchoveta (''Engraulis ringens'') is a species of fish of the anchovy family, Engraulidae, from the Southeast Pacific Ocean. It has yielded greater catches than any other single wild fish species in the world, with annual harvests ...

and

mackerel Mackerel is a common name applied to a number of different species of pelagic fish, mostly from the family Scombridae. They are found in both temperate and tropical seas, mostly living along the coast or offshore in the oceanic environment. ...

s and in

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for sea breams and

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. They are used in

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to catch eastern sea garfish (''

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australis''). In

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in the US lampara nets are used to catch

ballyhoo The ballyhoo halfbeak or ballyhoo (''Hemiramphus brasiliensis'') is a baitfish of the halfbeak family (Hemiramphidae). It is similar to the Balao halfbeak (''H. balao'') in most features. Ballyhoo are frequently used as cut bait and for trolli ...

(''Hemiramphus brasiliensis'') and

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(''H. balao''), which are used as

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by anglers. The fishery for

opalescent inshore squid ''Doryteuthis opalescens'', the opalescent inshore squid or market squid, is a small squid ( mantle length (ML) up to 190 mm) in the family Loliginidae. It is a myopsid squid, which is the near shore group and that means that they have co ...

(''Doryteuthis opalescens'') in

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became successful after

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introduced the lampara net there in 1905.Vojkovich, M. (1998)
The California fishery for market squid (''Loligo opalescens'').
''California Cooperative Oceanic Fisheries Investigations Report'' 39, 55-60. These nets are often utilized on

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s 9 to 18 meters long with 50 to 150 horsepower engines. The nets are hauled in by hand by a team of crewmembers pulling the lateral wings. The fish are removed with a smaller net or a scoop.

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