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Meaning of "driftnets"

driftnets (noun) - Fishing nets that are set vertically in the water and drift with the current, commonly used in commercial fishing operations
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  • plural of driftnet
  • third-person singular simple present indicative form of driftnet

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Driftnets sound relatively harmless as a fishing method.
List of species prohibited for capture with driftnets.
Driftnets are an example of what should not be done in fisheries policy.
There we have a total ban on the use of driftnets.
Km long driftnets is still allowed.
Others vessels caught fishing with illegal driftnets.
The use of driftnets brings with it two negative consequences.
Current law limits only the driftnets length.
Entire driftnets and trawl nets are not uncommonly lost or abandoned at sea.
Italian law accounts for two types of driftnets.
The illegal use of driftnets also contributes to the extinction of many species.
Static gear and driftnets.
Illegal use of driftnets still a big problem in the Mediterranean.
There are weighty arguments for banning the use of driftnets.
The current impasse in which the legislation on driftnets finds itself is simply untenable.

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Nowhere is this proverb better illustrated than in the case of driftnets.
We voted for a ban on driftnets in the Atlantic.
One of the main reasons for this is fishing with driftnets.
The restriction on the length of driftnets did not apply in the Baltic.
One of the main reasons for this is fish ing with driftnets.
Driftnets are a controversial fishing practice that will soon be outlawed in California in phases.
Conditions for driftnets.
We ask that the use of driftnets be banned in general, irrespective of area.
Prohibition of driftnets.
Fishing with driftnets destroys marine habitats, endangers marine wildlife and threatens sustainable fisheries.
Restrictions on driftnets.
I can not prohibit driftnets from being used by Japanese-flag vessels or others.
The Council held an exchange of views on driftnets.
Phasing out the use of driftnets in the Baltic Sea.
This effort resulted in a UN ban on the use of pelagic driftnets.
Large-scale pelagic driftnets and deepwater gillnets.
The European Parliament has repeatedly called for an immediate ban on the use of driftnets.
Cushion the impact of the withdrawal of driftnets on the fleets concerned ;.
We have already, on many occasions, given our opinion on the problem of driftnets.
Moreover, restrictions concerning tuna caught with driftnets on the high seas do not apply automatically.
Subject: Ban on salmon fishing using driftnets.
Subject: Use of driftnets for salmon fishing.
The Commission finds that present fishing techniques using large driftnets do not allow by.
All fishing vessels using driftnets shall keep on board the authorisation referred to in Article 92.
The Commission has asked that driftnets be banned.
All fishing vessels using driftnets shall keep on board the authorisation referred to in Article 8a2.
European Union prepares to ban driftnets.
Subject: The impact of the use of driftnets on salmon stocks in European waters.
Subject: Failure to implement international legislation prohibiting driftnets.
Subject: ICES study on the use of driftnets for salmon fishing in the southern Baltic.
The European Parliament has requested that driftnets be banned.
Subject: Illegal driftnets still in use in Italy.
Has the time not come to end the use of driftnets in fishing?
Subject: Use of driftnets by Italian vessels.
Sorry, but Europe has banned the use of driftnets.

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