Net images (click for larger image) are as sketched by Robin Marinos first-hand, on-site observer and then graphically designed by Joerg Hasenbek in his studio in Germany.
The two set of nets are about 3 km apart 20\30 meters from the coastline of the Tangkoko Nature Reserve. The nets believed to be strategically placed on the migrating path of sea mammals and large pelagic fish, extend approximately 400 meters toward drop-off , between 15 to 35 meters from sea level to ocean floor. The draw nets lead to the trap nets, built as a maze, leading to the final trap, a floor net on floats (except at the opening mouth), one cm square nylon `TIGER net', approximately 50 by 60 meters wide, 30 to 35 meters deep at this point. The boat enters the maze of trap nets from the far side ( north side), then drives southward scaring roaming fish toward and into the final floor `Tiger' trap net, eventually lifting and hauling the net, slaughtering all its contents. The nets took three weeks to construct and were completed March 1996.
