Seine definition

Seine means any net used to catch fish by encirclement or herding that hangs vertically in the water with its bottom edge held down by weights and its top edge buoyed by floats.
Seine means a net of mesh no larger than 2" stretch measure, with floats at the top and weights at the bottom, such that it hangs vertically in the water, and which is drawn through the water to capture fish by encircling them rather than entangling them.
Seine means any net used to catch fish by encirclement or herding.

Examples of Seine in a sentence

  • With its timeless hotel design, green spaces and perfect balance between urban and natural environments, Maslö offers a pleasant working environment close to the Seine and Ile de la Jatte.

  • Seine sampling in lower Lodore Canyon in summer 2003 captured an early juvenile razorback sucker Xyrauchen texanus x white sucker Catostomus commersonii hybrid (29 mm TL), which indicated attempted reproduction by razorback suckers there in spring or early summer 2003.


More Definitions of Seine

Seine means a net having a stretch mesh of not less than one inch and not more than one and one‑half inches which do not exceed seventy‑five feet in length or six feet in depth.
Seine means any non-fixed net other than a trawl net or gillnet and includes all types of purse seines;¶
Seine means a small mesh net with a weighted line on the bottom and float line on the top that is drawn through the water. This type of net is used to enclose fish when its ends are brought together.
Seine. , for purposes of this rule, means a net in the water that is attended by individuals pulling it through the water for the entrapment of fish. A seine must have both float and lead lines and have wood, fiberglass, or metal poles attached to each end.
Seine means a net of any description used for taking fish by drawing along the bottom of the sea or fresh water (whether drawn on the beach or otherwise);
Seine means a net used to enclose fish when its ends are pulled together and are drawn to shore or to a vessel.
Seine means a small-meshed net suspended vertically in the water, with floats along the top margin and weights along the bottom margin, which encloses and concentrates fish, and does not entangle them in the meshes.