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Trawler meaning
A fishing boat that uses a trawl net or dragnet to catch fish. | A fisherman who uses a trawl net.
Synonyms of Trawler
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Around 1948 Bill signed on to work at sea for a deep water trawler working in the Great Australian Bight for the season.
Irish trawler owners are being asked to voluntarily install remote onboard monitoring cameras that will one day be used to record potential breaches of EU law.
I've also had some feedback re the recent Milford Knight trawler TRM.
Members of the Guyana Association of Trawler Owners and Seafood Processors (GATOSP) met with Agriculture Minister Zulfikar Mustapha yesterday and said that their recent fish catches were nearly 100% of the figure from three years ago.
Never mind that the trawler left from Libya, or the admittedly slim chance that survivors might be found, or that might be the worst ever in the Mediterranean.
The “trawler mafia,” as the local fishermen refer to the men on board the trawlers, “carry weapons and often take away the fishing nets already placed by the local fishermen,” he said.
We could see the Russians on deck of the trawler watching us, and they just looked sad.
After her speech, Canfield said she hopes people continue to learn about the effects trawler bycatch has on salmon fisheries, as well as its impacts on Alaska Native youth who want to connect with their culture.
But with many pupils coming from a sea-faring background, one remarkable tale recalled how pupils manned the Fittie lifeboat to save a stricken trawler one stormy night.
From using personnel from RAF Waltham to the trawler Grimsby Town being repurposed as an escort vessel on the day of the landings and was as an anti-submarine vessel throughout the war, Grimsby was more involved than you might think.
In collaboration with the Provincial Directorate of National Education, the Aegean Trawler Fishermen's Association welcomes students, presenting them with the process from fishing to serving the fish on their plates.
Moscow’s Black Sea Fleet accidentally sunk a Russian fishing trawler with a missile during training exercises, reports suggest.
Somali pirates have traditionally sought to capture a “mother ship” – a motorised dhow or fishing trawler – capable of sailing greater distances where they can target larger vessels.
The heart-stopping moment a trawler smashed into a fishing boat and then sailed off.
The management authority says the trawler will only fish the eastern zone this time, intending to catch 60 per cent of the current 1320 tonne total allowable catch using quota owned by Australian companies.
The seized Indian trawler along with 10 Indian fishermen was brought to the Kankesanthurai Harbour and handed over to the Police for legal proceedings.
The trawler had offered assistance but the eight men on board had no steam to weigh anchor.
A half-cabin work boat had collided with a trawler.
Cosmos Tawiah, 34, died on the spot, while crew members, Oko Sowah, 40, and Stephen Nyarko, 34, are still missing after they were knocked off the vessel into the sea by the trawl wire attached to the trawler board.
For more than 18 hours he had refused to leave the grounded trawler.