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OAS insttype Detail for trawl
| insttypes_id: |
67 |
| Codeset: |
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| Code: |
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| Term: |
trawl |
| Description: |
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| Definition: |
A fishing net that is dragged behind a boat. A wide range of demersal (bottom) or pelagic (mid-water) species of fish are taken by this fishing method which entails one or a pair of vessels towing a large bag-shaped net either along the seafloor or in mid-water. |
| Context: |
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| Deprecated: |
false |
| Metadata version: |
1 |
| Keydate: |
2001-08-30 11:58:52+00 |
| Editdate: |
2024-05-14 17:40:44+00 |