1
: a boat used in trawling
2
: a person who fishes by trawling
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There were eight Russian fishing trawlers docked outside, housing at least six hundred Russian sailors.
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Ben Taub, The New Yorker, 9 Sep. 2024
In Africa, for instance, Chinese trawlers catch 100,000 metric tons of fish each year just from Ghanian waters, and the country’s fishing stocks are now in crisis, as local fishermen’s incomes have dropped by up to 40 percent over the last decade.
—Ian Urbina, TIME, 1 Aug. 2024
The inaugural yachts in the series were planing trawlers designed to navigate the high seas in style.
—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 6 Aug. 2024
As industrial trawlers bulldoze their way along, the surfaces of seamounts are reduced to sand, bare rock, and rubble.
—Alan B. Sielen, Foreign Affairs, 15 Oct. 2013
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Ben Taub, The New Yorker, 9 Sep. 2024
In Africa, for instance, Chinese trawlers catch 100,000 metric tons of fish each year just from Ghanian waters, and the country’s fishing stocks are now in crisis, as local fishermen’s incomes have dropped by up to 40 percent over the last decade.
—Ian Urbina, TIME, 1 Aug. 2024
The inaugural yachts in the series were planing trawlers designed to navigate the high seas in style.
—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 6 Aug. 2024
As industrial trawlers bulldoze their way along, the surfaces of seamounts are reduced to sand, bare rock, and rubble.
—Alan B. Sielen, Foreign Affairs, 15 Oct. 2013
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“Trawler.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trawler. Accessed 24 Nov. 2024.
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trawler
noun
trawl·er
ˈtrȯ-lər 
: a boat used for trawling
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