drift net
noun
: a fishing net often miles in extent arranged to drift with the tide or current and buoyed up by floats or attached to a boat
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Poor weather has impeded searches for the drifting net, which is estimated to be 50 feet long and deep by 70 feet wide.
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USA TODAY, 18 Jan. 2020
The group's dramatic video is punctuated by the image of a seal caught in a drift net.
—Sarah Gibbens, National Geographic, 27 Apr. 2018
Even at the one big bright spot at Bristol Bay, where another big sockeye catch of more than 37 million fish is expected, the value of drift net permits has stalled in the $150,000 range.
—Laine Welch, Anchorage Daily News, 14 Apr. 2018
Several good salmon years have piqued interest in that fishery and boosted drift net values to over $160,000 with listings few and far between.
—Laine Welch, Anchorage Daily News, 14 Apr. 2018
USA TODAY, 18 Jan. 2020
The group's dramatic video is punctuated by the image of a seal caught in a drift net.
—Sarah Gibbens, National Geographic, 27 Apr. 2018
Even at the one big bright spot at Bristol Bay, where another big sockeye catch of more than 37 million fish is expected, the value of drift net permits has stalled in the $150,000 range.
—Laine Welch, Anchorage Daily News, 14 Apr. 2018
Several good salmon years have piqued interest in that fishery and boosted drift net values to over $160,000 with listings few and far between.
—Laine Welch, Anchorage Daily News, 14 Apr. 2018
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“Drift net.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/drift%20net. Accessed 27 Apr. 2024.
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