Definitions for "Gillnet"
A harvest method in which fish are trapped in a net stretched across their migration path. The net may either be set from a drifting boat (drift gillnetting) or from a fixed position (set gillnetting). The fish become entangled by their gill plates or jaws, and can neither back out nor move forward.
A net used for nonselectively catching fish by entangling them in the webbing. The net, used with a trawl or seine, is usually set on the ocean bottom and is often lethal to the fish caught. Many states such as Texas, Louisiana, Florida and California have banned the use of gillnets in their coastal waters.
a curtain of netting that hangs in the