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a curtain-like net suspended vertically in coastal waters to tangle or snare fish.
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a net primarily designed to catch fish by entanglement in a mesh that consists of a single sheet of webbing which hangs between cork line and lead line, and which is fished from the surface of the water
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a huge fishnet set vertically in the water so that all fish swimming into it become entangled by their gills.
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A net for entangling fishes by the gills.
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a flat fishnet suspended vertically in the water to entangle fish by their gills
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a net that is used to entangle a fish
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a single curtain-like net made of nylon that is suspended in the water without slack
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a special kind of fishing net comprising a long length of fibre (cotton or
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a type of net used to catch fish
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Square net which is set vertically in the water.
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relatively small nylon fish nets that are anchored or left to drift near the coast.
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a loosely set and near invisible wall of fine netting (mono or multi-filament nylon) that traps fish by the gill cover.s
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a net suspended vertically in the water used to catch fish by the gills, preventing them from backing away and escaping. Different sized mesh are used for different species or size classes of fish.
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A net either pulled behind a boat or set from shore with floats on top and weights on the bottom to make it hold it upright in the water. salmon poke thier heads through the net and get caught by the gills.
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a net used for catching fish by entangling them in the webbing, usually set on the bottom and usually lethal to the fish caught.
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a net hanging in the water to catch fish be their gills
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A type of fishing net that catches fish by their gills or gill covers.
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A type of weighted, vertical fishing net made of fishing line; fish swim into this nearly invisible net and are caught by their gills
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