Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A trawl-net the mouth of which is kept open by a beam.
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Examples
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Important though the beam-trawl may be, there is another mode of deep-sea fishing which deserves to be well known by us in
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In one of the Fisheries Reports it is gravely recorded that "some very valuable gear IN GENERAL USE amongst English, Norwegian, and American fishermen, had been destroyed in the Garden Palace fire, but that the commissioners had been able to replace the otter-trawl and the beam-trawl."
The Art of Living in Australia ; together with three hundred Australian cookery recipes and accessory kitchen information by Mrs. H. Wicken Philip E. Muskett
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Important though the beam-trawl may be, there is another mode of deep-sea fishing which deserves to be well known by us in Australia, and which undoubtedly must come into general use before we can make any pretensions with regard to our fisheries.
The Art of Living in Australia ; together with three hundred Australian cookery recipes and accessory kitchen information by Mrs. H. Wicken Philip E. Muskett
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No deep-sea fisheries in Australia, although her people come from a maritime stock — The defectiveness of our Australian fish supply — Our primitive methods of fish capture — The beam-trawl in deep-sea fishing — Drift-net and other deep-sea fishing — Benefits from the development of our deep-sea fisheries — Fish markets — The
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No deep-sea fisheries in Australia, although her people come from a maritime stock — The defectiveness of our Australian fish supply — Our primitive methods of fish capture — The beam-trawl in deep-sea fishing — Drift-net and other deep-sea fishing — Benefits from the development of our deep-sea fisheries — Fish markets — The
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Palace fire, but that the commissioners had been able to replace the otter-trawl and the beam-trawl.”
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