What are fishing nets mainly made of?

What are fishing nets mainly made of?At present, polyethylene and nylon are the most widely used materials for fishing nets, that is to say, polyethylene thread and nylon thread.Nylon thread and polyethylene thread can be determined according to the different USES and usage of fishing nets.

Polyethylene fishing nets can be used for freshwater aquaculture, which requires less net strength than fishing.Nylon nets in our country is currently only used for pelagic fishing and Seine nets.Because ocean fishing and Seine require high strength.A fishing net that must be made of nylon.The service life of polyethylene is about 3-5 years, while the service life of nylon net can reach 5-8 years.Relatively speaking, nylon mesh is more economical.

In the past, fishing nets were made of coarse cloth and some old clothes, together with some coarse and cheap sisal and flax.Because flax was abundant in ancient times.