creel

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Entanglements can involve creel fishing gear or ghost gear - rope and nets that have been lost or abandoned by fishing boats.

From BBC • Mar. 6, 2025

The creel fishermen had been working further south when they received a report of the entangled whale.

From BBC • Mar. 4, 2025

Mark Elder, 26, from Thurso, died when his leg became caught in a rope on the creel boat he was working on and he was pulled overboard.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2023

Bally says the fish stocks have dwindled through mismanagement of the seas and that creel fishing would be a more sustainable option.

From BBC • Apr. 13, 2023

I remember the smell of crushed ferns in the creel and the delicate sweet odor of fresh damp rainbow trout lying so prettily on the green bed.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck