cast-netter

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Noun

cast-netter (plural cast-netters)

  1. One who cast-nets.
    • 1982, Bureau of Land Management, Fish and Wildlife Service (contributor), Alabama Coastal Region Ecological Characterization: A Socioeconomic Study, page 103:
      On fall mornings before sunrise, cast netters on Mobile Bay's eastern shore piers often are rewarded with good catches of white shrimp.
    • 2006, Alan Longhurst, Mismanagement of Marine Fisheries, page 125:
      To use odunka, the 6-m radius (yes, radius) cast net for Ethmalosa, requires a narrow, more manœuverable canoe than ali, carrying one cast-netter standing in the bow and a crew of 4–5 paddlers astern.
    • 2015, Susan Cerulean, Coming to Pass, Florida's Coastal Islands in a Gulf of Change, page 147:
      The cast netter's shoes crunch on the shell wash, and when his net connects with the water, there is the sound of plopping and splash.
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