The sample is collected within a defined depth stratum from a moving platform; the depth of the tow is controlled by the weight of the device, the length of the wire, and the towing platform speed. Horizontal net tows are used to collect horizontally integrated samples. It requires either an opening and closing system or the ship must be stopped during deployment and recovery; otherwise it becomes an oblique horizontal tow. Examples of gears that can be deployed that way include the Clarke-Bumpus net, the Leavitt net or other opening and closing nets or meter nets deployed and recovered with platform stopped. accepted false Single net or net pair horizontal tow SDN:B07::NDT012 Horizontal tow 2014-10-14 12:14:45.0 SDN:B07::NDT012 1 SDN:B07::NDT012 Sampling net gear deployment vocabulary SDN:B07::NDT014 Multiple nets stratified oblique tow