trawler
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Driscoll had set up an investigation called Operation Trawler which was looking at Carroll and his behaviour in Angell Road.
From BBC • Mar. 1, 2016
Trawler owners have also described feeling squeezed by the pressure on stocks from overfishing and competition over quotas, leading them to try to protect profits by cutting labour costs.
From The Guardian • Nov. 2, 2015
John Sjong and Konrad Uri, Norwegian-Americans, bought it for 38 cents on the dollar and renamed it the Arctic Trawler.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 5, 2013
The convictions were the result of a seven-year investigation, Operation Trawler, launched to investigate suspicious about the widespread illegal landing of fish within the pelagic fleet.
From BBC • Jul. 23, 2012
It is called indifferently the Trawler and Auxiliary Fleet.
From Sea Warfare by Kipling, Rudyard
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