To take fish, or other marine animals, with a trawl.
A fishing line, often extending a mile or more, having many short lines bearing hooks attached to it. It is used for catching cod, halibut, etc.; a boulter.
A large bag net attached to a beam with iron frames at its ends, and dragged at the bottom of the sea, -- used in fishing, and in gathering forms of marine life from the sea bottom.
i) Fish with a trawl or seine, ii) A large wide-mouthed fishing net dragged by a boat along the ocean bottom, iii) a long sea-fishing line buoyed and supporting short lines with baited hooks.
net towed by a motor vessel through the water consisting of a large mesh bag with "doors" to keep the bag open as it is towed above the sea floor, collecting organisms in its path.
a long fishing line with many shorter lines and hooks attached to it (usually suspended between buoys)
a conical fishnet dragged through the water at great depths
a big, heavy, open-mouthed net that is pulled along the sea bed by heavy boats
a large wide-mouthed fishing net dragged by a boat along the ocean bottom or through the water. Used to catch clams, mussels and oysters, as well as tunas and sharks.
A fishnet shaped like a cone. It is towed by a trawler deep in the water.
A sturdy bag or net that can be dragged along the bottom to catch fish or towed at various depths above the bottom for the same purpose.
a string of traps connected by a line with two buoys marking each end. Traps are tied along the line. Three, five, seven and ten-trap trawls are common in the southern Gulf of St. Lawrence.