A fishing net which is hung vertically so that fish get trapped in it by their gills.
带刺渔网（垂直悬挂，鱼在鳃处被夹住）
Example sentencesExamples
Speaking as a former bailiff in the region, I can assure you that many island crofters prefer the use of a gill net to a fishing rod.
The main focus of most efforts to restrict gear is the gill net, considered to be the main cause of the depletion of local fisheries.
Bat rays are often caught in trawling and gill nets as unwanted by-catch.
Fishermen use weirs, traps, gill nets, and dip nets for alewives, which they consider one of the easiest fish to catch.
The monofilament gill net is an unforgiving device, designed to snag and tear the gills.
Derivatives
gill-netter
noun
He stated that he saw an 800 lb blue marlin in the fish-market in Dublin sometime in the mid 1980's when the Spanish and French gill-netters were hard at work off the Porcupine bank, south-west of Ireland.
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Over the last decade or so, an estimated 100,000 turtles have died on the Orissa coast, caught in the nets of trawlers and gill-netters that continue to illegally ply the waters during the nesting season.
Because the gill-netters work the mouths of tributaries, fishers and authorities know the origins of the fish caught.
Government agencies are reportedly subsidizing gill-netters to remove the fish and pushing regulations that require anglers to keep and kill any bass they land.
In addition, something over 5,000 tons was taken by gill-netters.
Definition of gill net in US English:
gill net
noun
A fishing net which is hung vertically so that fish get trapped in it by their gills.
带刺渔网（垂直悬挂，鱼在鳃处被夹住）
Example sentencesExamples
Speaking as a former bailiff in the region, I can assure you that many island crofters prefer the use of a gill net to a fishing rod.
The main focus of most efforts to restrict gear is the gill net, considered to be the main cause of the depletion of local fisheries.
Fishermen use weirs, traps, gill nets, and dip nets for alewives, which they consider one of the easiest fish to catch.
Bat rays are often caught in trawling and gill nets as unwanted by-catch.
The monofilament gill net is an unforgiving device, designed to snag and tear the gills.