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gill net

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gill net [′gil ‚net]
(engineering)
A net that entangles the gill covers of fish.


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OCTOBER 1979 FALLOUT FOUL-UP Concern over commercial gill-netting grows as fishermen witness the deadly "fallout" of kingfish that bump into gill nets and fall to the bottom dead.
If a gill net is abandoned or lost, it can continue to fish on its own for months -- and sometimes years -- indiscriminately killing fish and other animals," the UNEP statement said.
A salmon caught by a sports fisherman generates five times as much economic activity as the same fish caught in a gill net.
 
 
 
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