fixed ppl Comb ~ gear: fishing net, 'trap,' etc, anchored or buoyed in a stationary position.
   1976 Daily News 22 Dec, p. 2 Inshore herring fishermen using fixed gear will take an estimated 900 metric tons. 1977 Union Forum June, p. 18 Longliner captains fishing fixed gear outside the three mile limit in the areas being covered by the program are asked to provide the local fisheries officer with positions of gear as soon as possible, and on a weekly basis from then on. 1982 MCDOOLING 102 Quotas on fixed gear (traps, nets and longlines) have been instituted by regulation in other areas of the Newfoundland fishery. 1988 Evening Telegram 13 Feb, p. 2 Fixed gear fishermen involved in the west coast's winter fishery have rejected the latest price offer from processors... Both fixed gear and otter trawl fishermen have decided to tie up their boats.

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