otter trawl

collocation in English

meaningsofotterandtrawl

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otter
noun[C]
uk
/ˈɒt.ər/us
/ˈɑː.t̬ɚ/
a mammal with four legs and short brown fur that swims well and ...
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trawl
noun[C]
uk
/trɔːl/us
/trɑːl/
a search among a large number or many different places in order to find people or information ...
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(Definition ofotterandtrawlfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Standardized fishing effort is standardized across gear types to 14-18 mottertrawlvessels.
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Theottertrawlis used on larger steam vessels.
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We have been circumscribed heretofore with anottertrawlfor trawlers, a drift net for herring and a seine net for inshore fishing.
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We must direct our energies towards securing as large a mesh as possible with the seine net and theottertrawl.
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The cost of theottertrawlboats is fairly prohibitive.
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I submit that there must be a new method invented to catch these fish other than by theottertrawl.
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There is, first the use of theottertrawl, which is operated on the sea bottom.
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If a ship has not a gallows, she cannot trawl with anottertrawl.
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Each side can deploy a twin trawl or a singleottertrawl.
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However, an offshore monitoring programme has continued, involving surveys by otter trawls and other methods.
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A monitoring programme was introduced, sampling cod by otter trawling using research vessels.
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Vessels operating twin beam, single, double and triple otter trawls pursued the sole fishery.
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The fishing gear consisted of two otter trawls each of which was fitted with otter boards.
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For this usually otter trawls and dredges are used, which are dragged along the seabed to disturb bottom-dwelling fish, a practice which damages seabed habitats.
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The fish is caught by angling, gillnetting, and otter trawling.
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Some otter trawlers are also outrigger trawlers (above), using outriggers to tow one or two otter trawls from each side.
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Skates are typically caught as bycatch in otter trawls; the little skate is not currently considered to be overfished.
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One or two otter trawls can be towed from each side.
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