ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Setnetting

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Setnetting is a noun meaning present participle and gerund of setnet.

Meaning

present participle and gerund of setnet.

More Meanings

  1. Alternative form of set netting.

Example Sentences

Alaska has many salmon fisheries — seining, drift gillnetting, trolling, beach seining, and setnetting are the common ways to fish salmon.
But he was sick of setnetting, so we talked about it and that year he traded his setnet permit for a seine boat and permit, an even-up trade.
At the public meetings a range of management options were discussed, ranging from the 'do nothing' option through to a complete ban on setnetting within the proposed marine sanctuary.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include set-netting, linefishing, surf-casting, flyfishing, netgun, clapnet.

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