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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 Alakrana, a 100-metre industrial purse-seiner, was seized Friday on the high seas between Somalia and the Seychelles with 36 crew on board and was brought closer to shore by the pirates.
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Along the way, we passed a huge purse-seiner - the scourge of local tuna fishermen.
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The associated schools of tunas and dolphins are located by a helicopter sent out from the purse-seine vessel and are subsequently captured through the actions of several high-powered speedboats, which are released from the purse-seiner to overtake and herd the associated animals into the closing arc of the purse-seine (NRC, 1992).
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