1
: a boat used in trawling
2
: a person who fishes by trawling
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The attackers traveled to Mumbai by boat from the Pakistani port city of Karachi, hijacking a fishing trawler and killing its five crew members along the way.
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Rhea Mogul, CNN Money, 10 Apr. 2025
Share your thoughts | More about Emily Cochrane American shrimpers also have to meet higher environmental standards, including the mandatory use of turtle excluder devices to prevent endangered species or other wildlife from getting caught by a trawler.
—Emily Cochrane, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2025
In 2023, only two trawlers were still authorized by the Southern Indian Ocean Fisheries Agreement.
—Ian Urbina, Los Angeles Times, 28 Mar. 2025
Bones from them were quite common finds from [trawlers] from Dogger Bank before the bottom dragging bans.
—Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Mar. 2025
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Rhea Mogul, CNN Money, 10 Apr. 2025
Share your thoughts | More about Emily Cochrane American shrimpers also have to meet higher environmental standards, including the mandatory use of turtle excluder devices to prevent endangered species or other wildlife from getting caught by a trawler.
—Emily Cochrane, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2025
In 2023, only two trawlers were still authorized by the Southern Indian Ocean Fisheries Agreement.
—Ian Urbina, Los Angeles Times, 28 Mar. 2025
Bones from them were quite common finds from [trawlers] from Dogger Bank before the bottom dragging bans.
—Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Mar. 2025
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“Trawler.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trawler. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.
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trawler
noun
trawl·er
ˈtrȯ-lər 
: a boat used for trawling
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