Trawl Synonyms

trôl
A conical fishnet dragged through the water at great depths
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. dragnet
  2. trawl net
A long fishing line with many shorter lines and hooks attached to it (usually suspended between buoys)
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. setline
  2. trawl line
  3. spiller
  4. trotline
Synonyms:
(Verb)
  1. drag
  2. fish
  3. line
  4. net
  5. seine
  6. troll

Trawl Sentence Examples

  • A mixed demersal trawl How are Demersal Fish Caught?

  • After the middle of the 20th century the boats began to use trawl nets for white fish and prawns.

  • The beam trawl was the first type to be used.

  • It was caught about 24 nautical miles east of Lizard Point, SW Cornwall in a mid-water pair trawl.

  • They are also vulnerable to seine net fishing, and are bycatches of trawl fishing.

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