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Purse seine - meaning and illustration

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1. Synonyms, etymology, translation, definition, examples and notes

1.1. Subject field:

Fishing gears. (Hierarchy:

Fisheries
Fishing
Fishing gears

Mariculture. (Hierarchy:

Fisheries
Aquaculture
Mariculture

Aquiculture. (Hierarchy:

Fisheries
Aquaculture
Aquiculture

1.2. Synonyms of purse seine:

We have one international synonym for purse seine, notably:

Surrounding net

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Graph 1 : purse seine, surrounding net - Google ngram extract ( graph of term etymology and evolution. Source: Google ngram )

1.3. French translation of purse seine:

Purse seine can be translated into French as:

1.4. Definition of purse seine in fisheries:

Purse seine: net which catches fish by surrounding them both from the sides and from underneath, thus preventing them from escaping in deep waters by diving downwards. ** Apart from a few exceptions, they are surface nets in which the float line is supported by numerous floats. It's mostly used in the open ocean to catch dense schools of single-species pelagic fish.