Get to know Gillnet better with 7 real example sentences, the meaning.
Gillnet meaning
A vertical net, often resting on the sea floor, which entangles fish in the netting, frequently by the gills.
Using Gillnet
- The main meaning on this page is: A vertical net, often resting on the sea floor, which entangles fish in the netting, frequently by the gills.
Context around Gillnet
- Average sentence length in these examples: 19.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 3 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 7 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Gillnet
- In this selection, "gillnet" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 19.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, illegal, recent, mesh, set, catch and use stand out and add context to how "gillnet" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include an illegal gillnet set up and away from gillnet use in. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "gillnet" sits close to words such as aaba, aafc and aaib, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with gillnet
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Gillnet fishing boat off the California coast. (7 words)
Captain Bennett shared how the Coast Guard have been dealing with gillnet encounters. (13 words)
Recent gillnet catch numbers suggest a good population of large adult walleyes in Black Hawk Lake. (16 words)
Her grandfather used to bring her to his fishing ground along the Quinault river at four in the morning, where they’d check the gillnet he’d tied with rope from bank to bank, kept afloat by plastic “corks”. (39 words)
Although it is the world's most endangered marine cetacean, the vaquita continues to be caught in small-mesh gillnet fisheries throughout much of its range. (26 words)
Both organizations remain committed to supporting fishers as they transition away from gillnet use in Belize’s waters. (18 words)
Example sentences (7)
An angler discovered an illegal gillnet set up in one of Maine’s premier trout fishing waterways.
Recent gillnet catch numbers suggest a good population of large adult walleyes in Black Hawk Lake.
Both organizations remain committed to supporting fishers as they transition away from gillnet use in Belize’s waters.
Captain Bennett shared how the Coast Guard have been dealing with gillnet encounters.
Gillnet fishing boat off the California coast.
Her grandfather used to bring her to his fishing ground along the Quinault river at four in the morning, where they’d check the gillnet he’d tied with rope from bank to bank, kept afloat by plastic “corks”.
Although it is the world's most endangered marine cetacean, the vaquita continues to be caught in small-mesh gillnet fisheries throughout much of its range.