gillnet

American  

[gil-net] / ˈgɪlˌnɛt /

verb (used with object)

gillnetted, gillnetting

1. to catch (a fish) with a gill net.

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Experts say its survival depends on swift international cooperation to eliminate gillnet fishing within its habitat and prevent the disappearance of one of the ocean's most critically endangered species.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 17, 2026

In October 2022, a British American couple encountered a Sri Lankan gillnet boat in the bank.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 28, 2025

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 ● Sep. 8, 2023

Mexico has been slow to stop illegal gillnet fishing for totoaba, a fish whose swim bladder is considered a delicacy in China.

From Washington Times ● Mar. 27, 2023

Mexico’s plan lists establishing “alternative fishing techniques” to gillnet fishing as one its top priorities.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 25, 2023

While no gillnetting was observed within the zero-tolerance area during the survey, it was regularly seen just northwest, where vaquitas were also spotted.

From New York Times ● Jun. 7, 2023

Afterward, Lummi fisherman turned to seining, or gillnetting.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 6, 2023

Reef netting differs from other fishing methods – gillnetting, beach seining and purse seining — in that the boats and net are stationary; they’re tethered to the sea bottom with minimal anchors.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 6, 2023

Sanfilippo moved smoothly through an introduction that touched on the various types of trawling - pair, midwater, purse seine, otter and gillnetting - and the basic terminology of net mending.

From Washington Times ● Apr. 17, 2019

Fishing is by trawling and hand lining, with very little gillnetting.

From Fishing Grounds of the Gulf of Maine by Rich, Walter H.