"The fishermen of Fujian Province still call gill nets `curtains 'today," says the mainland book A History of the Fishing Industry in China. As fishing equipment developed, the harvest from the sea grew ever more plentiful.
長帶形的刺網鋪設在魚類通道上，刺掛纏絡的魚多不勝數，「至今福建漁民仍稱刺網為帘」，大陸出版的《中國漁業史》記載。