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    trawl
    /trɔːl/

    verb

    • 1. fish with a trawl net or seine: "the boats trawled for flounder"
    • 2. search thoroughly: "the Home Office trawled through twenty-five-year-old confidential files"

    noun

    • 1. an act of fishing with a trawl net or seine: "they had caught two trout on the lazy trawl up-lake"
    • 2. a thorough search: "a constant trawl for information"

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  3. www.britannica.com › technology › commercial-fishingCommercial fishing - Seine Nets, Trawling, Gillnets | Britannica

    Jun 18, 2024 · The gear consists of a net similar to a trawl but with a large bag and long wings connected to long towing ropes. One of the ropes (up to 1,000 metres long) is tied to an anchored buoy . The other rope is tied to the vessel, which steams in a wide circle, laying the ropes and returning to the buoy.

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  4. www.britannica.com › technology › commercial-fishingCommercial fishing - Beam Trawlers, Outrigger Trawlers ...

    Jun 18, 2024 · Commercial fishing - Beam Trawlers, Outrigger Trawlers: With this type of vessel, two beam trawls are towed from booms extending to each side and supported by a central mast. The booms are very strong, as they take the full weight of the trawl being towed.

  5. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › trawl netTrawl net - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com

    Jun 10, 2024 · /trɔl nɛt/ IPA guide. Other forms: trawl nets. Definitions of trawl net. noun. a conical fishnet dragged through the water at great depths. synonyms: dragnet, trawl. see more. Cite this entry. Style: MLA. "Trawl net." Vocabulary.com Dictionary, Vocabulary.com, https://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/trawl net. Accessed 08 May. 2024. Copy citation.

  6. www.britannica.com › science › conservation-ecologyConservation - Fire Suppression, Habitat Loss | Britannica

    Jun 26, 2024 · Some species—deep-sea corals, for example—are extremely slow-growing, and they cannot recover before bottom trawls plow the area once again. In fresh water. Freshwater ecosystems are divided into two major classes—flowing (such as rivers and streams) and static (such as lakes and ponds).

  7. link.springer.com › article › 10Marine macro-litter mass outweighs biomass in trawl catches ...

    Jun 18, 2024 · This study provides new insights onto spatial and temporal trends of seafloor macro-litter in the abyssal seafloor of Sardinian channel, in central western Mediterranean (Italy). Trawl surveys were conducted at depths between 884 and 1528 m, thus focusing on one of the least investigated marine environments.

  8. www.etymonline.com › word › trawlertrawler | Etymology of trawler by etymonline

    Jun 19, 2024 · "anything that befalls of ruinous or distressing nature; any unfortunate event," especially a sudden or great misfortune, 1590s, from French désastre (1560s), from Italian disastro, literally "ill-starred," from dis-, here merely pejorative, equivalent to English mis- "ill" (see. discourse.

  9. www.seafoodsource.com › news › environmentUS fishing industry issues rebuke of trawling bill ...

    Jun 27, 2024 · More than 50 U.S. seafood organizations and companies have signed a letter calling on U.S. Rep. Mary Peltola (D-Alaska) to immediately withdraw the Bottom Trawl Clarity Act – legislation she introduced in May that could block off large sections of the ocean from trawling gear.