Recent Examples on the WebThe Western Flyer, a 77-foot purse seiner built of old-growth Douglas fir in 1937, has outlasted nearly all its contemporaries, despite its sinkings.Smithsonian, 22 Aug. 2019 By Six Seiners Sharon said she was nearly run down by six seiners while coming down the coast from Point Arguello.San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 July 2019 Take a scenic drive along Harbor Drive, where tuna seiners once tied up with their catch.San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 June 2019 Anyone who has ever worked aboard a seiner has horror stories of close calls, or worse. Laine Welch, Anchorage Daily News, 25 Feb. 2018 In Puget Sound, gillnetter Pete Knutson competes against 70-foot purse seiners that are usually corporate-owned. Richard Adams Carey, WSJ, 25 Apr. 2018 But fishermen have been slow to adopt the devices aboard their seiners. Laine Welch, Anchorage Daily News, 25 Feb. 2018 Commercial trawlers, seiners and gillnetters sometimes catch them off the southern coasts of California, north to the Bering Sea and in waters off Japan. Author: Kyle Clayton, Anchorage Daily News, 18 Feb. 2018 That averaged out to $74,000 for drift gillnetters, $54,000 for setnetters and $313,500 for seiners. Laine Welch, Alaska Dispatch News, 29 Oct. 2017 See More