Gill net definition

Gill net means a single section of fabric or netting seamed to a float line at the top and a lead line at the bottom, which is designed to entangle fish in the net openings as they swim into it.

Gill net means a net used to catch fish by means of meshing or entanglement.

Gill net means a net which is designed to hang vertically and capture fish by entanglement usually of the head, gill covers, or preopercles, and does not include gill net for taking shad unless specified.

Examples of Gill net in a sentence

• Gill net and seine fleets are normally small for these fisheries with generally no more than two days per week fishing during good returns and one day per week during an average return.

• Gill net sets will be restricted and standardized at 60 minutes and the timing of netting to be staggered during program to allow inclusion of early morning and evening periods.

• Gill net gear was of various materials including nylon, cotton, and propylene, and in various colors including blue, black, and green.

• Gill net gear found on stranded turtles varied widely, from 2 - 11.5" (5-29 cm) stretch mesh, and ranged from small, cut pieces of net, to lengths (up to 1200' (365m)) of abandoned net.

• Young-of-year: Gill net sampling in Florida nearshore lagoons found high levels of young-of- the-year , indicating young-of-year black drum remain inshore.

More Definitions of Gill net

Gill net means a length of mesh net supported along its length by a rope attached to the top and bottom of the mesh and designed and constructed to be used as a static device to enmesh fish;

Gill net means a wall of webbing held vertically in the water by weights and floats, and designed to capture fish by means of entanglement.

Gill net means a net designed to hang vertically and capture fish by entanglement usually of the head, gill covers, or preopercles.

Gill net means any net set to capture fish by entangle- ment rather than entrapment.

Gill net means a single wall of netting which can either be fixed or allowed to drift;

Gill net means a panel or curtain of net made of various materials, that is suspended vertically in the water with the aid of a net float line that supports the top edge of the net up towards the ocean surface and parallel to a net lead line that keeps the lower edge of the net down towards the ocean bottom.

Gill net means one or more walls of netting which captures saltwater finfish by ensnaring or entan- gling them in the meshes of the net by the gills, and “entangling net” means a drift net, trammell net, stab net, or any other net which captures saltwater finfish, shellfish, or other marine animals by causing all or part of heads, fins, legs, or other body parts to become entangled or ensnared in the meshes of the net, but a hand thrown cast net is not a gill net or an entangling net;