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drift net

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drift net
a large fishing net supported by floats or attached to a drifter that is allowed to drift with the tide or current


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Commercial drift net and long line fishing are indiscriminate killers, according to Loe, and their decimation of fisheries helped form his decision to sell his boat and quit commercial fishing.
California's drift net swordfish and shark fisheries are the most strictly regulated in the world.
 
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