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seiner

seiner

7.5
A person or boat that catches fish with a large net
  • noun
  • /ˈsaɪnər/
  • Specialized
translation icon : pescador de cerco
  • As of August 1989, there were 49 purse seiners fishing for tuna under 1-2 year licenses in Seychelles' EEZ (Table 2).
  • purse seiners
  • tuna purse seiners

Examples

  • In 1996, a U.S. fleet of 40 purse seiners fished in the SPTT area and completed a total of 175 fishing trips.

    Academic text (1997)

  • In recent years, several steel-hulled, modern purse seiners have joined the menhaden fleet in New England.

    Academic text (1991)

  • The government plans to acquire its own fleet of tuna purse seiners, the first of which should be operational in early 1990.

    Academic text (1990)

  • The first of many protests against the menhaden seiners was made in the late 1800s.

    Academic text (1990)

  • The 1987 agreement granted fishing rights to a maximum of four Soviet purse seiners and two longliners.

    Academic text (1990)

  • Purse seiners had an all-time best year of operation in the southwestern Indian Ocean in 1988.

    Academic text (1990)

  • Three U.S.-flag seiners were currently catching tuna in the Pacific, including Colombian-claimed waters, for delivery to the plant.

    Academic text (1990)

  • The Seychelles government plans to acquire its own fleet of tuna purse seiners and launch a domestic commercial tuna fishery.

    Academic text (1990)

  • After 1920, purse seiners were not allowed to catch food fishes in Raritan Bay (McCay, 1981).

    Academic text (1990)

  • The beach seiner caught a massive haul of sardines during the early morning hours.

Synonyms

fisherman
vsseiner
186 1.0

A person who catches fish for a living

does not emphasize the person's gender
fisher
vsseiner
45 2.7

A person who catches fish for a living

focuses on using a particular net rather than just the job of catching fish
fisherwoman
vsseiner
1 3.6

A woman who catches fish for a living

does not specify the person's gender
netter
vsseiner
1 4.4

A person who catches fish or animals using a net

uses a particular type of net for catching fish rather than any net
fisherperson
vsseiner
1 3.4

A person who catches fish for work or as a hobby

focuses on using a particular net not on job or hobby
fishman
vsseiner
  • UK
7.4

A person who catches or sells fish

focuses only on catching fish with a particular net rather than buying or selling

How Commercial

trawler
11 4.4
seiner
  • Specialized
7.5
fisherman
186 1.0
angler
28 3.5

Surface Forms

seiner singular
seiners plural

Morphology

seiner = seine (transparent) = seine + er

The word is transparently formed with the agentive suffix '-er' meaning a person or thing associated with seining.

Etymology

The word seiner comes from the fishing net called the seine, a long 'net' that hangs down and is pulled closed to surround fish like a curtain. So a seiner is simply the person or boat that uses that net to catch fish.