Gill net definition

Gill net means a single section of fabric or netting seamed to a float line at the top and a lead line at the bottom, which is designed to entangle fish in the net openings as they swim into it.
Gill net means a net used to catch fish by means of meshing or entanglement.
Gill net means a net which is designed to hang vertically and capture fish by entanglement usually of the head, gill covers, or preopercles, and does not include gill net for taking shad unless specified.

Examples of Gill net in a sentence

  • The inner web of this net is of considerably greater fullness than the outside web.(b) Gill net.

  • Gill net fleet size will generally be estimated from the size of the fleet during the previous opening.

  • In-season Decisions Gill net fisheries are announced in-season based on catch and escapement information.

  • Concurrent juris- diction waters extend downstream of the Highway 4 Bridge.c. GEAR: Gill net.

  • The inner web of this net is of considerably greater full- ness than the outside web.(b) Gill net.


More Definitions of Gill net

Gill net means a length of mesh net supported along its length by a rope attached to the top and bottom of the mesh and designed and constructed to be used as a static device to enmesh fish;
Gill net means a wall of webbing held vertically in the water by weights and floats, and designed to capture fish by means of entanglement.
Gill net means a net designed to hang vertically and capture fish by entanglement usually of the head, gill covers, or preopercles.
Gill net means any net set to capture fish by entangle- ment rather than entrapment.
Gill net means one or more walls of netting which captures saltwater finfish by ensnaring or entan- gling them in the meshes of the net by the gills, and “entangling net” means a drift net, trammell net, stab net, or any other net which captures saltwater finfish, shellfish, or other marine animals by causing all or part of heads, fins, legs, or other body parts to become entangled or ensnared in the meshes of the net, but a hand thrown cast net is not a gill net or an entangling net;
Gill net means a single wall of netting which can either be fixed or allowed to drift;
Gill net means a panel or curtain of net made of various materials, that is suspended vertically in the water with the aid of a net float line that supports the top edge of the net up towards the ocean surface and parallel to a net lead line that keeps the lower edge of the net down towards the ocean bottom.