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- noun Alternative spelling of
drift net . - verb To
fish using a drift net
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Examples
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This is the only sort of thing that "driftnet" intelligence is good for.
Mercury Rising 鳯女 2009
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Siobhan Gorman of The Wall Street Journal reported on the specifics of the NSA's "driftnet" surveillance efforts.
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: that the NSA eavesdrops upon purely domestic calls; that the NSA listens to content; that it uses a "driftnet" rather than targeting a narrow group of suspected terrorists; that the NSA was storing vast amounts of data from domestic surveillance and poring through it with data-mining programs in the manner of the prohibited
unbossed.com 2008
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Local authorities told the inspectors that they had not conducted any onboard investigations since the start of the driftnet season, even though the vessels--with the illegal nets in plain sight--are moored approximately 100 yards from the Italian coast guard's offices.
Lee Crockett: Overfishing 101: Getting Serious About Illegal Tuna Fishing in the Mediterranean Lee Crockett 2011
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Member countries should put Italian operators who have violated driftnet regulations on its illegal, unregulated and unreported fishing vessel list.
Lee Crockett: Overfishing 101: Getting Serious About Illegal Tuna Fishing in the Mediterranean Lee Crockett 2011
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There even exsists a Linux application (driftnet) which picks out all the images people around you are downloading and puts it up on your screen.
Delta WiFi 2009
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Yet an active, illegal driftnet fishery still exists in the Mediterranean, with Italy having one of the largest fleets.
Lee Crockett: Overfishing 101: Getting Serious About Illegal Tuna Fishing in the Mediterranean Lee Crockett 2011
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Member countries should put Italian operators who have violated driftnet regulations on its illegal, unregulated and unreported fishing vessel list.
Lee Crockett: Overfishing 101: Getting Serious About Illegal Tuna Fishing in the Mediterranean Lee Crockett 2011
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Once the ban took effect, rather than being sanctioned for their illegal driftnet activities, these countries received large sums of money from national and EU funds to convert to other fishing methods.
Lee Crockett: Overfishing 101: Getting Serious About Illegal Tuna Fishing in the Mediterranean Lee Crockett 2011
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Once the ban took effect, rather than being sanctioned for their illegal driftnet activities, these countries received large sums of money from national and EU funds to convert to other fishing methods.
Lee Crockett: Overfishing 101: Getting Serious About Illegal Tuna Fishing in the Mediterranean Lee Crockett 2011
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