11. Most commercial fisheries use trawl nets that scour the sea floor, capturing everything in their path and destroying habitat. 12. -- Minimum mesh sizes were set for the first time for trawl nets in pollock, cod and rock sole. 13. The wreckage was discovered by commercial fisherman Danny Burnette in 1977 when a trawl net brought up an anchor. 14. On Friday, Lautenbacher ordered the review of trawl net lines on three other federal boats similar to the Albatross. 15. The four sides of the opening and one diagonal are used to triangulate the trawl net opening geometry and area. 16. He recommended the federal government ban the use of large roller and rock-hopper gear on trawl nets in federal waters. 17. In fact, he said, 2, 300 small shrimpers who do not use trawl nets are in favor of the order. 18. The first ruffe arrived the next year, and last summer she caught 400 of them with trawl nets and electroshocking. 19. Until a few years ago, halibut populations off Central California were relatively small, due to pressure from trawl net boats. 20. Historically, fishermen have known about the Devil's Hole for generations because they have lost trawl nets on the trenches'steep sides.
