Definition of Gillnetting

1. Verb. (present participle of gillnet) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Gillnetting

1. gillnet [v] - See also: gillnet

Lexicographical Neighbors of Gillnetting

gillie
gillie gilly
gillied
gillies
gilliflower
gilliflowers
gilling
gillion
gillions
gillless
gillnet
gillnets
gillnetted
gillnetter
gillnetters
gillnetting (current term)
gills
gillulyite
gilly
gilly-flower
gilly-flowers
gillyflower
gillyflowers
gillying
gillyvor
gillyvors
gilmarite
gilour
gilours
gilpey

Literary usage of Gillnetting

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Adventure Guide to the Alaska Highway by Ed Readicker-Henderson (2006)
"There is a huge commercial fishery for chum in Alaska, primarily through gillnetting or seining; about 11 million fish a year are taken. ..."

2. Adventure Guide Inside Passage & Coastal Alaska by Ed Readicker-Henderson (2006)
"There is a huge commercial fishery for chum in Alaska, primarily through gillnetting or seining; about 11 million fish a year are taken. ..."

3. Reports of the Department of Commerce and Labor 1904-1912: Report of the by Dept. of Commerce and Labor, United States (1905)
"Seining and gillnetting has not been successfully practiced at this fishery. The humpbacks, which were so profuse last year as to be something of a nuisance ..."

4. Alaska Fishery and Fur-seal Industries by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, United States Bureau of Fisheries (1904)
"Seining and gillnetting has not been successfully practiced at this fishery. The humpbacks, which were so profuse last year as to be something of a nuisance ..."

5. Fishery Co-Management: A Practical Handbook by Robert S. Pomeroy, Rebecca Rivera-Guieb (2006)
"... Kosi Bay gillnetting, Amadiba Tourism) have been initiated and facilitated by provincial and national government officials. These individuals have acted ..."

6. Alternative Coca Reduction Strategies in the Andean Region (1994)
"... Titicaca focus on nearshore activities (ie, beach seining for catfish), higher value species are captured from boats by pelagic gillnetting or trawling. ..."

7. Pesticides in the Next Decade: The Challenges Ahead: Third National Research (1994)
"The small boat or near- shore fleet fish for salmon, herring, halibut, and black cod, using gillnetting, long-lining, seining, and trolling. ..."

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