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purse seiner

  • a word derived from purse-seine.
    purse seine
    noun
    a large seine, for use generally by two boats, that is drawn around a school of fish and then closed at the bottom by means of a line passing through rings attached along the lower edge of the net.

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The diesel Franklin, 67, buys 6,000 gallons at a time for his 58-foot purse seiner costs twice what it did a year ago.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 31, 2022

The Monterey Herald reports the 77-foot wooden purse seiner Western Flyer is being restored at Port Townsend, Washington.

From Washington Times ● Dec. 29, 2017

The men had set off on 21 December with other fishermen aboard a purse seiner from General Santos, a southern Philippine port facing the Celebes Sea.

From The Guardian ● Mar. 29, 2017

“You just have to work hard,” said Pier, 17, one of the migrants on the purse seiner.

From New York Times ● Jul. 27, 2015

They were gathered in front of Carl Heine’s gill-netter, which was moored between the Erik f and the Tordenskold—the former a bow-picker owned by Marty Johansson, the latter an Anacortes purse seiner.

From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson

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