Trawling

Trawling causes a devastating waste of life in the form of bycatch.

With trawling nets, underwater cameras and an onboard laboratory, researchers are taking a census of the various forms of life that thrive on the ocean floor and in waters as deep as 2,000 meters below the surface.

Explain what the following sentences mean in the metaphor of trawling: (a) “trawl nets into the sea” (b) “collect all kinds of fish” and (c) “take the good into vessels”; (D) “Throw away the ones that don’t fit”.

No longer would he have to fear the deportation of Gerald Haxton, who as an American was constantly running that risk in his trawlings through the bars of London.