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===Beam trawling=== <gallery> File:FMIB 36649 Beam Trawl.jpeg|A beam trawl File:FMIB 34023 Grampus.jpeg|A detail File:Scheepsmodel smack LT 1203 - Danny Pylyser - Marcel Vermoote - NAVIGO Nationaal Visserijmuseum - 0481.jpg|Ship model of the smack for beam trawling, NAVIGO National Fisheries Museum, [[Belgium]] </gallery> The simplest method of bottom trawling, the mouth of the net is held open by a solid metal beam, attached to two "shoes", which are solid metal plates, welded to the ends of the beam, which slide over and disturb the seabed. This method is mainly used on smaller vessels, fishing for [[flatfish]] or [[prawn]]s, relatively close inshore.
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