Gill nets used by Italian fishermen drying in the sun on Commercial Wharf, Portland. 

Gill nets used by Italian fishermen drying in the sun on Commercial Wharf, Portland. 

Gill nets used by Italian fishermen drying in the sun on Commercial Wharf, Portland. Article by Elden on the Portland gill netters, June 1926. Gill nets can be set anywhere in the water column and can catch ground fish or midwater fish depending on their height off the bottom.