Set-netter

The set-netter or beach fisherman is one who, by preference or because of lack of financial backing, does his fishing from the beach, and, strangely enough, the preponderance of set-netters are women.

This is particularly important to set-netters because each license entitles the holder to certain limits of gear so that the head of a household may increase his gear by an amount proportional to the number of licenses he can command.

Some set-netters can make millions per year, though the drift-netters (known as drifters) probably have a higher average income.