bag n
   2 Also: a specific quantity of fish taken in a cod-net.
   1987 FIZZARD 211 'During the course of hauling the [otter] trawl or "taking back," as it was commonly called, the knot would be tied and untied according to the number of bags of fish in the net. Every 2,500 or 3,000 pounds of fish constituted a bag.'
   3 Canvas sack containing numbers from which inshore fishermen draw by lot a fishing location or 'berth.' See DRAW v, n.
   1987 POOLE 84 He was the first to put his hand into the bag to draw.

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