Meanings
plural superseiners
- A seiner that is much larger than a regular seiner and has greater range.
It was a two-hundred-and-twenty foot, twelve-hundred ton superseiner – whith a helicopter and everything.
2021 September 2, Maryann Overstreet, George Yule, General Extenders: The Forms and Functions of a New Linguistic Category, Cambridge University Press, page 662 more examples
A new 1200 ton superseiner, that is a vessel capable of bringing in about 2.8 million cans of tuna on each voyage, costs about $4.5 million.
1977, HEARINGS BEFORE THE COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE, SCIENCE, AND TRANSPORTATION UNITED STATES SENATE NINETY-FIFTH CONGRESS FIRST SESSION ON OVERSIGHT INTO THE MARINE MAMMAL PROTECTION ACT, Washington, DC: US GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, page 250In 1982, the Portuguese tuna superseiner, the Tunamar (1,200-GRT) was launched by Campbell Industries of the United States.
1993 November, The Baltic States, The Commonwealth of Independent States, Eastern Europe (World Fishing Fleets: An Analysis of Distant-water Fleet Operations Past-Present-Future; Volume V), NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE, page 132
Origin
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