purse seiner
- a word derived from purse-seine.
Example Sentences
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Her crew and 58-foot purse seiner would soon depart for their salmon fishing season in Southeast Alaska.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 5, 2021
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
