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purse seine
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purse seine [′pərs ‚sān]
(engineering)
A net that can be dropped by two boats to encircle a school of fish, then pulled together at the bottom and raised, thereby catching the fish.
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The fishing vessels all used purse seines of 1800 m in length, 250-280 m in depth, and 90-100 mm mesh size in the bunt.
Bycatch in the tuna purse-seine fisheries of the western Indian Ocean by Romanov, Evgeny V. / Fishery Bulletin
In addition, there has been a decrease in mean length of fish caught by purse seines and gill nets from 1992 to 1995 (Lucena, 1997).
Effects of gear selectivity and different calculation methods on ... by Lucena, Flavia M.; O'Brien, Carl M. / Fishery Bulletin
 
 
 
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