Instrument: MARMAP Bongo Net

A non-opening-closing descendant of the McGowan/Brown Bongo net, consisting of a pair of circular hoops (61 cm in diameter and 30 cm long) joined by a central yoke which is clamped to the towing cable. The nets are 61 cm in diameter and have a cylindrical section 147 cm long and a conical section 153 cm long. Mesh sizes from 0.1 to 0.5 mm have been used, but normally 0.333 mm is used. A flowmeter is present in each hoop [Posgay and Marak (1980), Fig. 1].