Today, purse seines account for more of the commercial catch than any other method.

A second net is used to scoop tuna out of the purse seine.

The purse seine, which may be more than a half-mile long, is used to encircle a school of fish.

A "set" is a single operation of the purse seine, intended to result in a catch of fish.

Although targeted by purse seines, it may also be caught incidentally in trawls.

The stern is a simple flat area that holds the purse seine when it is out of the water.

The factory Ship approaches the two vessels with the collected purse seine and begins taking on board all the fish within the net.

Now, most pink salmon are taken with purse seines, drift nets or gillnets.

Fishing vessels- the two smaller ships begin encircling the school of fish while dragging a purse seine.

The purse seines might be as long as 600 feet, the gill nets 300 feet.