Definition of "gillnet" [gillnet]

• To catch (fish) by means of a gill net. (verb-transitive)

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• "Specifically, I am writing to ask you to forgive debt owed to the state, or any state banks such as CFAB, on all Prince William Sound herring seine and gillnet permits that were impacted by the Exxon Valdez oil spill -- or, at a minimum, to identify and work with the hardship cases to prevent further forced bankruptcies, home or business losses, or even more suicides over spill-related debt and stress."
• "Herring seine and gillnet permits are not selling and trending downward in value but upward in debt from unpaid loans."
• "The book Unnatural History of the Sea cites a study of deep sea fishing in the North Atlantic. "3,600 to 5,400 miles of gillnet are in constant contact with the bottom there," author Callum Roberts writes."