seine

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Many birds drown in purse seine nets each year.

From BBC • Oct. 14, 2025

The fishing practices, including trawling and the use of gill and seine nets, were shown to cause physical pressures such as abrasion, smothering, siltation and total habitat loss.

From Science Daily • Nov. 20, 2024

Using a seine, the Karuk Tribe fisheries team formed a circle and pulled up their catch.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 4, 2024

The most common method used to catch oily fish is known as "seine" fishing, one of the most environmentally friendly fishing techniques in use today:

From Salon • Apr. 23, 2024

Eine kritische Studie, zur Einführung in seine Werke.

From Life and Writings of Maurice Maeterlinck by Bithell, Jethro