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Seine fishing (or seine-haul fishing; / s eɪ n / SAYN) is a method of fishing that employs a surrounding net, called a seine, that hangs vertically in the water with its bottom edge held down by weights and its top edge buoyed by floats. Seine nets can be deployed from the shore as a beach seine, or from a boat.
The purse seine is an example of a surrounding net. Here any salmon swimming near the surface are surrounded with a wall of netting, supported by floats. A surrounding net is a fishing net which surrounds fish and other aquatic animals on the sides and underneath. It is typically used by commercial fishers, and pulled along the surface of the ...
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A reticule, also known as a ridicule or indispensable, was a type of small handbag or purse, similar to a modern evening bag, used mainly from 1795 to 1820. [1] The reticule became popular with the advent of Regency fashions in the late 18th century. Previously, women had carried personal belongings in pockets tied around the waist, but the ...
Purse may also refer to: Purse (horse racing), the total amount of money paid out to the owners of horses racing at a particular track over a given period; Prize money, "purse", or "purse money", a monetary reward paid out to the crew of a ship for capturing an enemy vessel; Purse bid, in boxing the aggregate prize money; Purse (surname), a surname
Yang Mu, Ph.D. 1971 - poet, essayist, translator of English poetry into Chinese, first Taiwanese winner of Cikada Prize and Newman Prize for Chinese Literature, Professor Emeritus of Comparative Literature at University of Washington, author of Hawk of the Mind
An open, pink, Hermès Birkin bag [1] The Birkin bag (or simply Birkin) is a tote bag introduced in 1984 by French luxury goods maker Hermès. [2] Birkin bags are handmade from leather and are named after the English-French actress and singer Jane Birkin.