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单词 gill net
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Definition of gill net in English:

gill net

noun
  • A fishing net which is hung vertically so that fish get trapped in it by their gills.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Speaking as a former bailiff in the region, I can assure you that many island crofters prefer the use of a gill net to a fishing rod.
    • The main focus of most efforts to restrict gear is the gill net, considered to be the main cause of the depletion of local fisheries.
    • Bat rays are often caught in trawling and gill nets as unwanted by-catch.
    • Fishermen use weirs, traps, gill nets, and dip nets for alewives, which they consider one of the easiest fish to catch.
    • The monofilament gill net is an unforgiving device, designed to snag and tear the gills.

Derivatives

  • gill-netter

  • noun
    • He stated that he saw an 800 lb blue marlin in the fish-market in Dublin sometime in the mid 1980's when the Spanish and French gill-netters were hard at work off the Porcupine bank, south-west of Ireland.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Over the last decade or so, an estimated 100,000 turtles have died on the Orissa coast, caught in the nets of trawlers and gill-netters that continue to illegally ply the waters during the nesting season.
      • Because the gill-netters work the mouths of tributaries, fishers and authorities know the origins of the fish caught.
      • Government agencies are reportedly subsidizing gill-netters to remove the fish and pushing regulations that require anglers to keep and kill any bass they land.
      • In addition, something over 5,000 tons was taken by gill-netters.
 
 

Definition of gill net in US English:

gill net

noun
  • A fishing net which is hung vertically so that fish get trapped in it by their gills.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Speaking as a former bailiff in the region, I can assure you that many island crofters prefer the use of a gill net to a fishing rod.
    • The main focus of most efforts to restrict gear is the gill net, considered to be the main cause of the depletion of local fisheries.
    • Fishermen use weirs, traps, gill nets, and dip nets for alewives, which they consider one of the easiest fish to catch.
    • Bat rays are often caught in trawling and gill nets as unwanted by-catch.
    • The monofilament gill net is an unforgiving device, designed to snag and tear the gills.
 
 
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