set netting

noun

The practice of fishing with a set net.

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Meanings

nounset netting (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe practice of fishing with a set net.

    The main human-induced threat to Hector's and Maui's dolphins is set netting, followed by trawling.

    2008, Klaus Bosselmann, Ron Engel, Prue Taylor, Governance for Sustainability: Issues, Challenges, Successes, →ISBN
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    Unlike drifting, set netting is done in a small skiff, not unlike a Boston Whaler, usually between fifteen and twenty feet in length.

    2008, Bill Carter, Red Summer, →ISBN, pages 15–16

    Royal Forest and Bird Protection Society, among other groups, is proposing the creation of a marine park as well as extension of the fishing bans on set netting to include trawlers.

    2012, Erich Hoyt, Marine Protected Areas for Whales, Dolphins, and Porpoises, →ISBN
verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of set net
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Chicago

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