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Definition of Gillnet
1. Noun. (fishing) A vertical net, often resting on the sea floor, which entangles fish in the netting, frequently by the gills ¹
2. Verb. To fish using a gillnet ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Gillnet
1. to gill [v -NETTED, -NETTING, -NETS] - See also: gill
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gillnet
Literary usage of Gillnet
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. American Food and Game Fishes: A Popular Account of All the Species Found in by David Starr Jordan, Barton Warren Evermann (1902)
"In several fares landed by the gillnet tugs at Dunkirk in August, 1894, the
average by actual weight was found to be between 2% and 3 pounds, ..."
2. Migratory Fishes of South America: Biology, Fisheries and Conservation Status by Joachim Carolsfeld (2003)
"Some examples are the trawl net, beach seine, purse seine, fixed gillnet, drifting
gillnet, hook, bait hook and longline. The basic operational fishing unit ..."
3. History of Oregon by Charles Henry Carey (1922)
"... to 8125,000.00 (3) 44115* 40535 Fishery law proposed by gillnet operators (2)
56130* 30280 Fishery law proposed by ..."
4. Lake Maxinkuckee: A Physical and Biological Survey by Barton Warren Evermann, Howard Walton Clark (1920)
"... and still another, 7 feet 8 inches long and weighing 116 pounds, was caught
by Andrew Edwards in a gillnet about the middle of May, 1890. ..."
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