trawling
Deep-sea net fishing
Trawling is fishing by dragging a large net (a trawl) through the water behind a boat.
The method catches fish in bulk but can be indiscriminate, sweeping up everything in its path.
Figuratively, to trawl is to search methodically through a large amount of material: trawling through old records, trawling the internet for deals.
Final amount remaining
- catchSeize or snag
- seafoodMarine creatures as cuisine
- codCold-water food fish
- shrimpSmall edible crustacean
halibut · bycatch · haul · deckhand · deep-sea · fishery · overfishing · groundfish
Vigorous abrasive cleaning
- combingArranging strands with teeth
- siftingSeparating by particle size
- huntingPursuing wild game
- diggingRemoving earth below
browsing · scanning · sweeping · rummaging · filtering · sorting · mining · gathering
Industrial production facility
- processingSystematic operation on data
- mass-productionLarge-scale standardized fabrication
- exportForeign-bound sale
- importObtain from overseas
economy · regulation · sustainability · dredging · gear · industrial · wholesale · supply-chain
Private investigator
- detectiveProfessional crime investigator
- inquiryRequest for information
- probeThorough examination or tool
- researchSystematic fact-finding effort
surveillance · interrogate · audit · inspect · fact-finding · clues · undercover · monitoring
net
Final amount remaining
shrimp · halibut · bycatch · haul · deckhand · deep-sea · fishery · overfishing · groundfish · quota
scouring
Vigorous abrasive cleaning
digging · browsing · scanning · sweeping · rummaging · filtering · sorting · mining · gathering · collecting
factory
Industrial production facility
- processingSystematic operation on data
- mass-productionLarge-scale standardized fabrication
- exportForeign-bound sale
import · economy · regulation · sustainability · dredging · gear · industrial · wholesale · supply-chain · cannery
sleuth
Private investigator
- detectiveProfessional crime investigator
- inquiryRequest for information
- probeThorough examination or tool
research · surveillance · interrogate · audit · inspect · fact-finding · clues · undercover · monitoring · tracking
- harmful fishingoverfishing, poaching, shark finning, ghost nets, drag nets
- fishing industrygillnetting, fishery, haul, bycatch, skipper
- environmental threatshabitat loss, deforestation, pollution, climate change, invasive species
- food procurementforaging, harvesting, gathering, berry picking, fruit picking
- marine resourcesfisheries, seafood, fish stocks, shellfish, aquaculture
- searchingsearching, rummaging, digging, looking through, finding
trawlingangling
Recreational hook-and-line pursuit
line fishing · fly fishing · spearfishing · pole fishing · harpooning
- bottom trawlingSeafloor net fishing
- shrimp trawlingNet-dragging for prawns
fishing, fisherman, netting, trawl, dragnet, trawler, trawls, trawled, trawlers