A type of fishing net that is drawn or pulled through water to catch fish, often with weights on the bottom and floats on top to keep it open.
Combining 'draw' (to pull) and 'net' (a mesh device for catching), drawnet describes the fishing technique of actively pulling a net through water rather than setting it statically. Used by commercial and subsistence fishers for millennia.
Drawnets shaped entire coastal economies and social structures—the size of nets allowed, who could operate them, and when they could be used were strictly regulated because they were so efficient at emptying fish populations.
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