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set netting en · NOUN

Meanings

1. (uncountable) The practice of fishing with a set net.
   • Royal Forest and Bird Protection Society, among other groups, is proposing the creation of a marine park as well as extension of the fishing bans on set netting to include trawlers. 2012, Erich Hoyt, Marine Protected Areas for Whales, Dolphins, and Porpoises, →ISBN:
   • Unlike drifting, set netting is done in a small skiff, not unlike a Boston Whaler, usually between fifteen and twenty feet in length. 2008, Bill Carter, Red Summer, →ISBN, pages 15–16:
   • The main human-induced threat to Hector's and Maui's dolphins is set netting, followed by trawling. 2008, Klaus Bosselmann, Ron Engel, Prue Taylor, Governance for Sustainability: Issues, Challenges, Successes, →ISBN:

set netting en · VERB

Meanings

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of set net
   form of set net