creel

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Reduced bureaucracy could benefit west coast creel fisherman who sell directly into Europe and benefit from measures to reduce hold-ups for goods that perish quickly.

From BBC • May 19, 2025

Scientists who examined the carcass said it was tightly wrapped in creel rope.

From BBC • Mar. 6, 2025

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

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

One Saturday morning, Mother looked up from her sewing as I was running out the front door, one of Granddaddy’s butterfly nets and his old fishing creel slung over my shoulder.

From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly