Trawler
noun
A large boat that uses nets to catch fish.
We saw a trawler in the distance as it pulled in its nets full of fish.
Often appears as...
- fishing trawler
- trawler nets
noun
A person who collects or looks for something, often in large amounts.
He is a trawler for vintage vinyl records; he has a collection of over a thousand.
Often appears as...
- trawler of information
- trawler for vintage items
noun
A large boat that uses nets to catch fish.
We saw a trawler in the distance as it pulled in its nets full of fish.
Often appears as...
- fishing trawler
- trawler nets
noun
A person who collects or looks for something, often in large amounts.
He is a trawler for vintage vinyl records; he has a collection of over a thousand.
Often appears as...
- trawler of information
- trawler for vintage items
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Occupation Link
Used to describe the fishing industry, specifically referencing the boats involved.
His family has owned a trawler for generations, fishing off the northern coast.
Pro Tip 2/3Fishing Method
It implies a specific fishing method using nets, which can be controversial due to environmental impact.
Environmentalists are concerned about the bycatch from trawler fishing practices.
Pro Tip 3/3Maritime Context
Primarily used in a maritime context, often related to coastal economies.
The port was busy, with trawlers returning with their day's catch.
Pro Tip 1/3Occupation Link
Used to describe the fishing industry, specifically referencing the boats involved.
His family has owned a trawler for generations, fishing off the northern coast.
Pro Tip 2/3Fishing Method
It implies a specific fishing method using nets, which can be controversial due to environmental impact.
Environmentalists are concerned about the bycatch from trawler fishing practices.
Pro Tip 3/3Maritime Context
Primarily used in a maritime context, often related to coastal economies.
The port was busy, with trawlers returning with their day's catch.
Pro Tip 1/3Occupation Link
Used to describe the fishing industry, specifically referencing the boats involved.
His family has owned a trawler for generations, fishing off the northern coast.
Pro Tip 2/3Fishing Method
It implies a specific fishing method using nets, which can be controversial due to environmental impact.
Environmentalists are concerned about the bycatch from trawler fishing practices.
Pro Tip 3/3Maritime Context
Primarily used in a maritime context, often related to coastal economies.
The port was busy, with trawlers returning with their day's catch.
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Video examples
Brian Skerry: Ocean Soul...
not a grocery store we we can't continue to take without expecting serious consequences as a result that's what I wanted people to know I also wanted to show people how fish are caught because again I don't know that everybody would would understand that and one of the most common methods of the world for fishing is something called a bottom trawler now this was a small one that I
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Brian Skerry reveals...
it sort of occurred to me that the ocean's not a grocery store, you know. We can't keep taking without expecting serious consequences as a result. I also, with the story, wanted to show readers how fish are caught, some of the methods that are used to catch fish, like a bottom trawler, which is one of the most common methods in the world.
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Let's turn the high seas...
but they all are, so it's a little like the Wild West. And there are two main types of fishing in the high seas. At the bottom and near the surface. Bottom trawling is the most destructive practice in the world. Super trawlers, the largest fishing vessels in the ocean,
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Sylvia Earle: How to...
and much more valuable alive than dead. All of these parts are part of our life support system. We kill using long lines, with baited hooks every few feet that may stretch for 50 miles or more. Industrial trawlers and draggers are scraping the sea floor
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Baby Albatross Encounter...
When the adults go out to sea, they're getting hooked on long line and trawler fisheries and this has caused a great decline in the population and now climate change is bringing that home to their chicks. So it's really the last nail in the coffin.
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Nesting Puffin PIPE...
once our brave young puffin hits the water it'll stay at sea for two to three years protecting itself from natural hazards like storms and predators and man-made hazards like oil spills and nets of fishing trawlers even though our
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Baby Puffin's First Swim...
once our brave young puffin hits the water it'll stay at sea for two to three years protecting itself from natural hazards like storms and predators and man-made hazards like oil spills and nets of fishing trawlers even though our
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Herring Hazards PIPE...
can't be pulled on deck and his contents are sucked into the ship with a vacuum supporters say it's an effective way to harvest schools of herring detractors say the trawlers are depleting herring in some areas and
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How a handful of fishing...
in countries where the state is often unable to help. We know that the outlook is stocks collapsing on the front lines of climate change, warming seas, dying reefs, catastrophic storms, trawlers, factory fleets,
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TED Prize wish: Protect...
these parts are part of our life support system we kill using long lines with baited hooks every few feet that may stretch for fifty miles or more industrial trawlers and draggers are
Video examples
Brian Skerry: Ocean Soul...
not a grocery store we we can't continue to take without expecting serious consequences as a result that's what I wanted people to know I also wanted to show people how fish are caught because again I don't know that everybody would would understand that and one of the most common methods of the world for fishing is something called a bottom trawler now this was a small one that I
Video examples
Brian Skerry reveals...
it sort of occurred to me that the ocean's not a grocery store, you know. We can't keep taking without expecting serious consequences as a result. I also, with the story, wanted to show readers how fish are caught, some of the methods that are used to catch fish, like a bottom trawler, which is one of the most common methods in the world.
Video examples
Let's turn the high seas...
but they all are, so it's a little like the Wild West. And there are two main types of fishing in the high seas. At the bottom and near the surface. Bottom trawling is the most destructive practice in the world. Super trawlers, the largest fishing vessels in the ocean,
Video examples
Sylvia Earle: How to...
and much more valuable alive than dead. All of these parts are part of our life support system. We kill using long lines, with baited hooks every few feet that may stretch for 50 miles or more. Industrial trawlers and draggers are scraping the sea floor
Video examples
Baby Albatross Encounter...
When the adults go out to sea, they're getting hooked on long line and trawler fisheries and this has caused a great decline in the population and now climate change is bringing that home to their chicks. So it's really the last nail in the coffin.
Video examples
Nesting Puffin PIPE...
once our brave young puffin hits the water it'll stay at sea for two to three years protecting itself from natural hazards like storms and predators and man-made hazards like oil spills and nets of fishing trawlers even though our
Video examples
Baby Puffin's First Swim...
once our brave young puffin hits the water it'll stay at sea for two to three years protecting itself from natural hazards like storms and predators and man-made hazards like oil spills and nets of fishing trawlers even though our
Video examples
Herring Hazards PIPE...
can't be pulled on deck and his contents are sucked into the ship with a vacuum supporters say it's an effective way to harvest schools of herring detractors say the trawlers are depleting herring in some areas and
Video examples
How a handful of fishing...
in countries where the state is often unable to help. We know that the outlook is stocks collapsing on the front lines of climate change, warming seas, dying reefs, catastrophic storms, trawlers, factory fleets,
Video examples
TED Prize wish: Protect...
these parts are part of our life support system we kill using long lines with baited hooks every few feet that may stretch for fifty miles or more industrial trawlers and draggers are
Example 1 of 10
Quote examples
Rick Stein
English Chef
The South Coast is not teeming with fish any more; there are no fleets of trawlers left. Small local boats land their fish daily and often sell it at the back of the beach, a scenario repeated all the way from West Bay to Whitstable.
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Ashlan Gorse Cousteau
American Journalist
I spent three weeks on a converted shrimp trawler with 17 people, two toilets, and one shower, all the while diving every day with very active sharks.
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Paul Watson
Canadian Environmentalist
In 1993, I chased Cuban and Spanish drag trawlers off the Grand Banks off of Newfoundland. And it cost them $35 million in losses.
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Eric Cantona
French Actor
When the seagulls follow the trawler, it is because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea.
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Eric Cantona
French Actor
When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea.
Quote examples
Rick Stein
English Chef
The South Coast is not teeming with fish any more; there are no fleets of trawlers left. Small local boats land their fish daily and often sell it at the back of the beach, a scenario repeated all the way from West Bay to Whitstable.
Quote examples
Ashlan Gorse Cousteau
American Journalist
I spent three weeks on a converted shrimp trawler with 17 people, two toilets, and one shower, all the while diving every day with very active sharks.
Quote examples
Paul Watson
Canadian Environmentalist
In 1993, I chased Cuban and Spanish drag trawlers off the Grand Banks off of Newfoundland. And it cost them $35 million in losses.
Quote examples
Eric Cantona
French Actor
When the seagulls follow the trawler, it is because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea.
Quote examples
Eric Cantona
French Actor
When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea.
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