Type of fishing net; construction of nets dragged behind a ship through a sea allowing large-scale capturing of fish.
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Examples for "trawl"
Examples for "trawl"
1The meshes vary in size according to the part of the trawl.
2The trawl, formerly not much used here, is now in general use.
3A quick trawl through college research highlights an amazing diversity of projects.
4By September, an exhaustive trawl had come up with some CCTV footage.
5I trawl past D's building, peer through the windows into the foyer.
1For some reason they occasionally get caught on a trawl net.
2Large groups of fish found the escape route in the trawl net faster than small groups, suggesting they learnt from each other, he said.
3Ms Barry said there had been no verified deaths of Maui's dolphins in set nets or trawl nets since 2002.
4The WWF commissioned a survey of five hundred people and found 83 percent support a ban on set and trawl nets.
5The plan does not set a target, called for by conservation groups, to reduce the number of sea lions killed in trawling nets.
Translations for towed gear