drift gillnet, gillnet (drift)
net kept on the surface, or at a certain distance below it, by numerous floats. It drifts freely with the current, separately or, more often, with the boat to which the net is attached., gillnet - usually rectangular in shape, made of thin twine, which catches fish by holding them in the meshes, eg. drift net, set gill net, a curtain net, suspended vertically in the water, with meshes of such a size as to catch by the gills a fish that has thrust its head thorough; drifting net, nakkevõrk - selistele (nööridele) rakendatud ristkülikukujuline võrgulinast sein püügikoormuse, võrkude piirarvu ja püügiõiguse tasu arvestamisel lugeda arvestusliku võrgu suuruseks võrk, mille pikkus