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dip net

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A net or wire mesh bag attached to a handle, used especially to scoop fish from water.
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This afternoon, with the help of long-handled dip nets, dads and their families will scoop into Stillman's pond in hopes of catching crayfish, dragonfly larvae, tadpoles and other rarely seen pond creatures.
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In 1989, the IMA and the Haribon Foundation trained Verde Island fishermen to shift from cyanide-fishing to using handheld dip nets.
High risk, low pay for reef fish catchers
Winter shrimp season is upon us, when you can scoop up the delicious crustaceans with dip nets and cast nets as they flow on the tidal currents, especially on full moon nights.
Ponzu Shrimp: An easy intro into Asian flavors for seafood
Between June and August of 2015, 19 channels that interconnect the lakes of the Tramandai river system were sampled with seine nets and dip nets to investigate the fish community composition, ranging from the most northern lagoon to the most southern lagoon and also one artificial channel that links the Tramandai river basin to the Laguna dos Patos basin (Figure 1A).
Biological invasion at an early stage? First record of the banjo catfish Pseudobunocephalus iheringii (Siluriformes: Aspredinidae) in the Tramandai river basin, Brazil and the potential invasion pathway to this system
Wearing waders, the students enter the boggy waters and use their dip nets to scoop up peat-like muck from the pond floor.
Mercury rising? How dragonflies are helping scientists understand mercury pollution in parks
One example, 'Operation Hydrate', involved students taking water samples and using dip nets to collect aquatic insect larvae from a number of locations on the ANU campus.
Australian National University Science Extension Day
With just a couple of clicks on a smartphone, a consumer standing at the seafood counter can learn that "this fresh Keta salmon was harvested three days ago by the Yup'ik Eskimo using dip nets at the mouth of the Yukon River ..."
Assuring Authentic Seafood with Digital Certificates
The car was loaded to capacity; along with our luggage, it held hip waders, dip nets, buckets, a seine, a variety of empty aquariums, and a ton of photography gear.
Colorful fish story: in search of New York's darters
Dip nets in the canal pond to investigate underwater life.
June events slated at River Bend Farm
giganteus were collected using dip nets from a pier in Friday Harbor, Washington, by AFSC scientists.
Larval descriptions of two eastern North Pacific Cryptacanthodid species: Cryptacanthodes aleutensis and Cryptacanthodes giganteus
Fountain darters were in 100% of our dip nets within patches of Rhizoclonium (53 fountain darters), 67% of our dip nets within patches of L.
Habitats used by the endangered fountain darter (Etheostoma fonticola) in the San Marcos River, Hays County, Texas
People were using dip nets to catch elvers and transport them live to the Far East, where they are considered a delicacy.
Familiar face vanishes from Wales' waterways; SCIENTISTS ALARMED AT 70% DECLINE IN EEL POPULATION

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