Trawl definition

Trawl means a net in the form of an elongated bag with the mouth kept open by various means and fished by being towed or dragged on the bottom. “Roller frame trawl” means a trawl with all of the following features and specifications:
Trawl means a net in the form of an elongated bag with the mouth kept open by various means and fished by being towed or dragged on the bottom.
Trawl means a net, other than a haul seine, towed behind a boat.

Examples of Trawl in a sentence

  • Trawl codends passed from one vessel to another are considered continuously attached gear and are not required to be marked.

  • Seabird interactions in the Falkland Islands Loligo Trawl Fishery 2005/2006.

  • The two programs are the Gear Monitoring Team (GMT) and the Southeast Shrimp Trawl Fisheries Observer Program (Observer Program).

  • MRI: 1474 (Enrolled in PCS) Vessel: ▇▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ (Active) Gear: Trawl Other Federal Permit(s): Bluefish, Spiny Dogfish, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, Lobster Non-Trap, Lobster Trap, Monkfish, Red Crab, Skate and Tilefish State Permit(s): (ME) Shrimp ▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇ and ▇▇▇▇ / ▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇ Inc.

  • Shrimp Trawl Fishing Logbooks are available by contacting Archipelago to arrange for delivery or pick up.


More Definitions of Trawl

Trawl means any fishing activity which involves dragging a net or line or other apparatus along the seabed.
Trawl means a demersal trawl, seine net or similar towed net.
Trawl means any net used for catching fish by dragging with one or more vessels.
Trawl means a large conical bag of netting to which are often attached wings of netting, which is towed in the water and captures fish by scooping rather than encircling them. The mouth of the bag is normally kept open laterally by 2 large boards, one on each side so rigged that they serve to spread the entire net, and these boards are secured to towing lines running to the vessel or vessels engaged in towing the net through the water.
Trawl means gear which is actively towed by one or more fishing vessels and consisting of a net having a cone- or pyramid-shaped body (as trawl body) closed at the back by a codend;
Trawl. ’ means a net in the form
Trawl means a type of fishing net, usually in the form of an elongated bag, with the mouth kept open by various means that captures aquatic life while being towed or dragged through the water by a vessel. [Eff 6/1/1998; am 10/18/2010] (Auth: HRS §187A-5) (Imp: HRS §187A-5)