set netting

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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 of set net