West Coast Commercial Fishing Gear These are the different types of fishing gear and methods used to harvest wild-caught finfish and invertebrates along the West Coast. Wild Harvested Gears Gear Type - Any -DiveHook & LineNetsPots/Traps Location(s) - Any -CAORWA Species - Any -Albacore TunaCalifornia HalibutChinook (King) SalmonChum SalmonCoho SalmonCoonstripe/Humpback ShrimpDungeness CrabGiant Red Sea CucumberGreen Sea UrchinKellet's WhelkLingcodMarket SquidPacific CodPacific HagfishPacific HalibutPacific HerringPacific MackerelPacific SardinePacific WhitingPink SalmonPink ShrimpRazor ClamsRed Sea UrchinRidgeback ShrimpRock CrabRockfishSablefish (Black Cod)SanddabSheepheadSockeye SalmonSole and Flounder (Flatfish)Spiny LobsterSpot PrawnSwordfishWarty Sea CucumberWhite Seabass Apply Dig Razor clams are dug by hand from the sand at low tide. EXPLORE Dig Dive Commercial dive fisheries entail collecting targeted species underwater by hand. EXPLORE Dive Gillnet Gillnets are fixed or float and are used to catch swimming fishes. EXPLORE Gillnet Longline A hook-and-line gear using an anchored long rope and smaller lines with baited hooks. EXPLORE Longline Pole Hook-and-line fishing methods that use a single line with one or more hooks with or without a pole. EXPLORE Pole Pots Pots are round traps used to capture fish or crustaceans. EXPLORE Pots Purse Seine Purse seine nets capture schools of fish by encircling them with mesh nets. EXPLORE Purse Seine Traps Rectangular commercial traps come in a variety of shapes, sizes and materials. EXPLORE Traps Trawl A trawl is a funnel-shaped net that is towed through the water. EXPLORE Trawl Troll Trollers fish by pulling artificial lures (jigs) or baited hooks through the water. EXPLORE Troll
