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Meaning of "drift net" in the English dictionary

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DRIFT NET

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Drift net is a noun.
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WHAT DOES DRIFT NET MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Drift netting

Drift netting is a fishing technique where nets, called drift nets, hang vertically in the water column without being anchored to the bottom. The nets are keep vertical in the water by floats attached to a rope along the top of the net and weights attached to another rope along the bottom of the net. Drift nets generally rely on the entanglement properties of loosely affixed netting. Folds of loose netting, much like a window drapery, snag on a fish's tail and fins and wrap the fish up in loose netting as it struggles to escape. However the nets can also function as gill nets if fish are captured when their gills get stuck in the net. The size of the mesh varies depending on the fish being targeted. These nets usually target schools of pelagic fish. Traditionally drift nets were made of organic materials, such as hemp, which were biodegradable. Prior to 1950, nets tended to have a larger mesh size. The larger mesh only caught the larger fish, allowing the smaller, younger ones to slip through. When drift net fishing grew in scale during the 1950s, the industry changed to synthetic materials with smaller mesh size.

Definition of drift net in the English dictionary

The definition of drift net in the dictionary is a large fishing net supported by floats or attached to a drifter that is allowed to drift with the tide or current.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DRIFT NET

dried-up
driegh
drier
dries
Driesch
driest
drift
drift anchor
drift ice
drift transistor
drift tube
driftage
drifted
drifter
drifting
driftingly
driftless
driftpin
driftwood
drifty

WORDS THAT END LIKE DRIFT NET

butterfly net
dip net
fishing net
fly net
gill net
landing net
lobster net
mosquito net
neural net
parcel net
pound net
safety net
shark net
shrimp net
tax net
trammel net
trawl net

Synonyms and antonyms of drift net in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «drift net» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DRIFT NET

Find out the translation of drift net to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of drift net from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «drift net» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

漂净
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

redes de deriva
570 millions of speakers

English

drift net
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

बहाव नेट
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

شبكة الانجراف
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Дрифтерный
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

redes de deriva
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ড্রিফট নেট
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

filet dérivant
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Hanyut bersih
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Treibnetz
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ドリフトネット
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

드리프트 순
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Drift net
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

loại lưới thả trôi bắt cá
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

நகர்வு வலை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

प्रवाहित शुद्ध
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Sürüklenme şebekesi
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

drift net
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Pławnica
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

дрифтерний
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

net derivă
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

παρασυρόμενα δίχτυα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

wegdryf netto
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

drivgarn
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

drivgarn
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of drift net

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DRIFT NET»

The term «drift net» is regularly used and occupies the 102.336 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DRIFT NET» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about drift net

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DRIFT NET»

Discover the use of drift net in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to drift net and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Freedom for the Seas in the 21st Century: Ocean Governance ...
8 The resolution calls for a cessation of large-scale drift net fishing in the South Pacific region by July 1, 1991, an immediate halt to the expansion of large-scale drift net fishing on the high seas in all regions of the world's oceans, and a global  ...
Jon M. Van Dyke, Durwood Zaelke, Grant Hewison, 1993
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U.S. Geological Survey Water-supply Paper
The co-occurrence of the most abundant taxa in the dip-net and drift-net collections at each site was examined by ranking the taxa by their abundances. More than 97 percent of the individuals were in the 10 most abundant taxa in each type of ...
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International Organizations and the Law of the Sea: ...
"The United States firmly believes that the best available scientific evidence demonstrates the wastefulness and potential ecosystem-scale negative impacts of large-scale pelagic drift-net fishing on the high seas. The United States believes it ...
‎1998
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International Organizations and the Law of the Sea: ...
In its report to the Secretary-General dated 14 July 2000, Denmark indicated that the European Union (EU) had introduced a ban on drift-net fishing using nets longer than 2.5 kilometres and as from the year 2002 a total ban on drift-nets would ...
Harm Dotinga, Barbara Kwiatkowska, 2001
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The Law of the Sea in the Asian Pacific Region: Developments ...
The United States, Chile and Canada have signed Protocols to the Convention. 18 But although drift-net fishing has ceased completely in the South Pacific, none of the drift-net fishing countries has signed the Protocols. The other element of ...
James Crawford, Donald R. Rothwell, 1995
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Key Resolutions of the United Nations General Assembly, ...
Large- Scale Pelagic Drift-Net Fishing and its Impact on the Living Marine Resources of the World's Oceans and Seas Committee: 2 Vote Adopted without a vole Ref : 50/25. 49/436. 48/445. 47/443. 45/197. 44/225 The General Assembly.
Dietrich Rauschning, Katja Wiesbrock, Martin Lailach, 1997
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Ecology and Management of Atlantic Salmon
However, with the advent of monofilament and multifilament nylon (which is the material used in the Irish drift-net fisheries) the nets are less visible and fish also enmesh themselves in calm bright weather, thus making fishery operations that ...
D. Mills, 1991
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Principles of International Environmental Law
Expressing deep concern about reports of expansion of large-scale pelagic drift- net fishing activities on the high seas in contravention of resolutions 44/225 and 45/197, including attempts to expand large-scale pelagic drift-net fishing in the ...
Philippe Joseph Sands, Mary Weiss, Richard Tarasofsky
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Field & Stream
During a trial drift-net fishery in Canadian waters in 1987 one vessel killed more than 200 sea mammals (such as dolphins and sea lions) and over 1,000 sea birds. Extrapolate those numbers over the entire fleet in the Pacific rim and the totals ...
10
Library of Congress Subject Headings
... NT Light induced drift Drift net fisheries USE Drift net fishing Drift net fishing ( May Subd Geog) [SH344.6.074] UF Drift net fisheries Driftnet fishing Driftnetting BT Fisheries _Bycatches (May Subd Geog) BT Bycatches (Fisheries) _Law and ...
Library of Congress, 2006

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DRIFT NET»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term drift net is used in the context of the following news items.
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Russia's Ban on Drift Net Fishing is Good for the Environment, But …
After years of fierce debate, Russian President Vladimir Putin last week banned the ecologically destructive practice of drift net fishing in the ... «The Moscow Times, Jul 15»
2
No politics behind Russia drift net ban: experts
An investigation by The Japan Times found no evidence to support fears in Japan that the drift net fishing ban is wholly or even partly politically ... «The Japan Times, Jul 15»
3
Subsistence fishermen find possible infection in Yukon chum salmon
For instance, she said “there are new regulations in 4A Upper that allow drift net gear during this time of the season. Didn't want to just limit you ... «KTUU.com, Jul 15»
4
Russian president passes new law banning drift net fishing
Russian president Vladimir Putin has signed a new law banning drift net fishing, set to take effect on Jan. 1, 2016, the World Wildlife Fund said ... «Undercurrent News, Jul 15»
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Q&A with Ogilvy APAC COO Kent Wertime
There is a lot of 'drift net' content out there. There's a real need for brands to become publishers, but they need a grip on what their own story is, ... «Mumbrella Asia, Jun 15»
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Latest from Iran
The amount of plastic being dumped in the ocean, the illegal use of high seas drift net for fishing, and the greenhouse gas role in acidification of ... «Press TV, Jun 15»
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'Grave concern' for Maui's dolphin
Presently, the Government has in place a range of set net, trawling and drift net restrictions throughout the dolphins' habitat, while there are ... «New Zealand Herald, Jun 15»
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Cornish drift netter sets sail for Scotland
Barnabas, flagship of the Cornish Maritime Trust, will sail around the UK in the wake of the drift-net fishing fleets of the 19th and early 20th ... «Western Morning News, Jun 15»
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Dead dolphin washed up on Almería beach
According to Equinac, the most common causes of this kind of incident include pollution, over-fishing and drift net fishing. Equinac is a voluntary ... «Spanish News Today, Jun 15»
10
Bethel's Community Harvest Opportunity
Gear will be limited to 50 fathom, 6 inch or less mesh, by drift net only. •Finally, while identification of individuals who may have a greater ... «The Delta Discovery, Jun 15»

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