31. The organization displayed part of a drift net outside the EU conference building where foreign ministers met. 32. I think it has something to do with attachments to a drift net used for sword fishing. 33. As a result, several European governments now want all drift nets banned, even the short, legal kind. 34. France, Italy and Ireland argued the ban would threaten the livelihood of fishermen . ( EU-DRIFT NETS ) 35. Fishing methods include pots and tangle nets for crabs, lobsters and crayfish and monofilament drift nets for salmon. 36. Paradore and his crew were held in custody aboard their vessel and accused of using illegal drift nets . 37. In 1992 the UN banned the use of drift nets longer than 2.5 km long in international waters. 38. The drift nets presented a 30-mile-long wall of fine mesh that trapped nearly every living thing encountering them. 39. New fishing methods, such as hook and drift nets , no longer required a joint effort from the whole village. 40. Traditionally drift nets were made of organic materials, such as hemp, which were synthetic materials with smaller mesh size.