set netting

English

Noun

set netting (uncountable)

1. The practice of fishing with a set net.
   • 2008, Bill Carter, Red Summer, →ISBN, pages 15–16:

     Unlike drifting, set netting is done in a small skiff, not unlike a Boston Whaler, usually between fifteen and twenty feet in length.

   • 2008, Klaus Bosselmann, Ron Engel, Prue Taylor, Governance for Sustainability: Issues, Challenges, Successes, →ISBN:

     The main human-induced threat to Hector's and Maui's dolphins is set netting, followed by trawling.

   • 2012, Erich Hoyt, Marine Protected Areas for Whales, Dolphins, and Porpoises, →ISBN:

     Royal Forest and Bird Protection Society, among other groups, is proposing the creation of a marine park as well as extension of the fishing bans on set netting to include trawlers.

Verb

set netting

1. present participle and gerund of set net