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- noun Plural form of
gillnet . - verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
gillnet .
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Examples
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Evidence: A 2006 study argues that the bycatch toll from gillnets is unsustainable.
Biodiversity 100: actions for the Americas Guillaume Chapron 2010
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As vaquita populations approach a critically low number, scientists maintain that accidental "bycatch" of vaquita in fishing nets must be reduced to zero and that removal of all gillnets from the animal's entire range is the only way to accomplish zero mortality.
Biodiversity 100: actions for the Americas Guillaume Chapron 2010
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You could also look into what is going on with the gillnets set (temporarily abandoned!) on Cape Cod's back shore during the summer, and look to what the 4 million-plus lobster traps are catching.
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The exact cause of the dramatic fall in Pacific numbers is not clear, but turtles can get caught on the hooks used to catch tuna, or under large gillnets.
Secret voyages of leatherback turtles revealed using transmitters 2011
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You could also look into what is going on with the gillnets set (temporarily abandoned!) on Cape Cod's back shore during the summer, and look to what the 4 million-plus lobster traps are catching.
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July through early September, people set gillnets for char, Arctic cod, and least cisco (Coregonus sardinella), and some did rod-and-reel fishing in lakes.
Climate change impacts on Canadian Western Arctic~ the Inuvialuit of Sachs Harbour 2009
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At the meeting, some felt that the Fisheries Agency was pitting fishermen against the dolphins by suggesting that measures to reduce dolphin entanglement in gillnets would ruin the livelihoods of fishermen.
Dolphins, Matsu, CO2 Michael Turton 2009
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At the meeting, some felt that the Fisheries Agency was pitting fishermen against the dolphins by suggesting that measures to reduce dolphin entanglement in gillnets would ruin the livelihoods of fishermen.
Archive 2009-03-01 Michael Turton 2009
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At the same time, the numbers of large cod in deep water near the coast of Newfoundland are thought to have declined quickly as the longliner fleet switched to synthetic gillnets.
Fisheries and aquaculture in the Newfoundland and Labrador Seas, Northeastern Canada 2009
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Since 1992, only vessels less than 28m in length using long lines or gillnets have been permitted to carry out a directed fishery.
Fisheries and aquaculture in the Northeast Atlantic (Barents and Norwegian Seas) 2009
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