gillnet
Americanverb (used with object)
Example Sentences
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In October 2022, a British American couple encountered a Sri Lankan gillnet boat in the bank.
From Los Angeles Times
Gillnet fishing for wild totoaba is illegal and one of the leading killers of critically endangered vaquita porpoise, of which recent surveys suggest less than a dozen may exist in the wild.
From Seattle Times
Catching her food was "so rewarding and validating of my skills. I was like, I can do something really valuable here. So for me my gillnet was my saviour".
From BBC
She also used her supply of paracord rope to create a gillnet to catch fish, a technique she had practised but never used in the UK as the nets are restricted.
From BBC
The IWC said the species was not irretrievably doomed — so long as gillnet bans were properly enforced.
From Washington Times
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