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  2. Trawling - Wikipedia

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    Trawling is an industrial method of fishing that involves pulling a fishing net through the water behind one or more boats. The net used for trawling is called a ...

  3. Bottom trawling - Wikipedia

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    Bottom trawling is trawling (towing a trawl, which is a fishing net) along the seafloor. It is also referred to as "dragging". The scientific community divides bottom trawling into benthic trawling and demersal trawling. Benthic trawling is towing a net at the very bottom of the ocean and demersal trawling is towing a net just above the benthic ...

  4. Fishing trawler - Wikipedia

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    Trawling is a method of fishing that involves actively dragging or pulling a trawl through the water behind one or more trawlers. Trawls are fishing nets that are pulled along the bottom of the sea or in midwater at a specified depth. A trawler may also operate two or more trawl nets simultaneously (double-rig and multi-rig).

  5. Midwater trawling - Wikipedia

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    In midwater trawling, a cone-shaped net can be towed behind a single boat and spread by trawl doors, or it can be towed behind two boats (pair trawling) which act as the spreading device. Midwater trawling catches pelagic fish such as anchovies , shrimp , tuna and mackerel , whereas bottom trawling targets both bottom living fish ( groundfish ...

  6. Fishing techniques - Wikipedia

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    Bottom trawling is trawling (towing a trawl, which is a fishing net) along the sea floor. It is also referred to as "dragging". The scientific community divides bottom trawling into benthic trawling and demersal trawling. Benthic trawling is towing a net at the very bottom of the ocean and demersal trawling is towing a net just above the ...

  7. Pair trawling - Wikipedia

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    Pair trawling is a fishing activity carried out by two boats, with one towing each warp (the towing cables). As the mouth of the net is kept open by the lateral pull of the individual vessels, otter boards are not required.

  8. Anti-trawling device - Wikipedia

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    Anti-trawling devices are a specific kind of artificial reef. Trawling is a controversial fishing practice which has attracted environmental, legal, and political objections. Anti-trawling devices have been invented, manufactured, and deployed to damage trawlers' nets and thus slow them down, force them to stop operating, or force them elsewhere.

  9. Monsoon trawl ban - Wikipedia

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    The monsoon trawling bans are state-specific, with varying durations and enforcement mechanisms. Kerala enforces a 52-day ban on mechanised trawling in the first half of June. [ 10 ] Tamil Nadu and Karnataka implement bans lasting 45 to 61 days, adjusted to local ecological conditions.