Purse net

a fishing net, the mouth of which may be closed or drawn together like a purse.

See also: Purse

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In 2015 - 2017, under the supervision of Hubei Provincial Government and support of relevant agencies, Linyu watched as 125,000 hectares of purse nets in Honghu Lake were removed.

With diminishing yields from the purse nets, the fishers in Honghu Lake were experiencing poor returns and could see that the answer was not more nets.

China : A thousand lakes: protecting the Hubei wetland in Central China

For rabbits I'll be using long nets - I learned to make purse nets as a youngster, and larger nets working on a fishing trawler."