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trawling
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trawl  (trôl)
n.
1. A trawl net.
2. See setline.
v. trawled, trawl·ing, trawls
v.tr.
To catch (fish) with a trawl.
v.intr.
1. To fish with a trawl.
2. To troll.
[Possibly Middle English trawelle, perhaps from Middle Dutch tragel, dragnet, possibly from Latin trgula, from trahere, to drag.]
Translations
trawling [ˈtrɔːlɪŋ] N → pesca f a la rastra
trawling
n → Dampfer- or Trawlfischerei f
trawling [ˈtrɔːlɪŋ] n → pesca a strascico
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Although the Pacific cod population in the eastern Bering Sea is managed at sustainable overall harvest levels, intensive trawl fishing in a smaller area has been suspected of causing short-term, small-scale impacts on fish abundance (localized depletion) that are disproportionate to the overall harvest rate.
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