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Shrimp net

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a dredge net fixed upon a pole, or a sweep net dragged over the fishing ground.

See also: Shrimp



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In Ilulissat, in the west of the icy island, fishermen say they are having a harder time filling their shrimp nets and are being forced farther and farther from the coast to find the valuable crustaceans.
During January November 2005 (three sampling periods), we sampled wild marine shrimp with commercial shrimp nets (6 m wide x 5 m deep x 25 m long with 2.
The US once led the way in the early 1990s by developing and implementing Turtle Excluder Devices that provide sea turtles an escape hatch from shrimp nets.
 
 
 
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