Stell is a name for a deep pool in a river where salmon rest and are fished,1 such as that found at Amble in Northumberland, England.23
Fishing using stell nets was made illegal by the Tweed Act in Britain in 1857.4
References
References
- Jamieson, John (1841). Scottish Dictionary and Supplement: In Four Volumes. Suppl. Kab-Zic, Volume 4. Tail. p. 480.
- Hodgson, J. C. (1894). "History of the Berwickshire Naturalists' Club". Amble and Hauxley. 14. Berwickshire Naturalists' Club (Scotland): 112.
- Reports from Commissioners, Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. House of Commons. 1861. p. 347.
- Mills, D. (1991). Ecology and Management of Atlantic Salmon. Springer. p. 108. ISBN 9780412460203.