1
: a boat used in trawling
2
: a person who fishes by trawling
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Shrimp trawlers caught these deep-sea sharks between depths of about 1,000 to 1,300 feet, the study said.
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Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 4 June 2025
This new deal extends fishing rights for EU trawlers in U.K. waters until 2038, an agreement particularly coveted by Brussels as an existing deal was due to expire next year.
—Holly Ellyatt,silvia Amaro, CNBC, 19 May 2025
Bottom trawlers are filmed towing nets with a heavy chain along the seafloor, indiscriminately catching creatures in their path and churning up dense clouds of carbon-rich sediment.
—Nell Lewis, CNN Money, 8 May 2025
But in the absence of stable governance and effective regulations since the 1991 civil war, foreign fishing trawlers have deployed ruinous techniques to exploit the rich fishing environment.
—Soham Mitra, Lou Robinson and Patrick Gallagher, CNN, 22 Feb. 2025
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Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 4 June 2025
This new deal extends fishing rights for EU trawlers in U.K. waters until 2038, an agreement particularly coveted by Brussels as an existing deal was due to expire next year.
—Holly Ellyatt,silvia Amaro, CNBC, 19 May 2025
Bottom trawlers are filmed towing nets with a heavy chain along the seafloor, indiscriminately catching creatures in their path and churning up dense clouds of carbon-rich sediment.
—Nell Lewis, CNN Money, 8 May 2025
But in the absence of stable governance and effective regulations since the 1991 civil war, foreign fishing trawlers have deployed ruinous techniques to exploit the rich fishing environment.
—Soham Mitra, Lou Robinson and Patrick Gallagher, CNN, 22 Feb. 2025
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“Trawler.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trawler. Accessed 9 Jun. 2025.
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trawler
noun
trawl·er
ˈtrȯ-lər 
: a boat used for trawling
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