superseiner

English

Etymology

From super- +‎ seiner.

Noun

superseiner (plural superseiners)

1. A seiner that is much larger than a regular seiner and has greater range.
   • 1977, HEARINGS BEFORE THE COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE, SCIENCE, AND TRANSPORTATION UNITED STATES SENATE NINETY-FIFTH CONGRESS FIRST SESSION ON OVERSIGHT INTO THE MARINE MAMMAL PROTECTION ACT, Washington, DC: US GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, page 250:

     A new 1200 ton superseiner, that is a vessel capable of bringing in about 2.8 million cans of tuna on each voyage, costs about $4.5 million.

   • 1993 November, The Baltic States, The Commonwealth of Independent States, Eastern Europe (World Fishing Fleets: An Analysis of Distant-water Fleet Operations Past-Present-Future; Volume V), NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE, page 132:

     In 1982, the Portuguese tuna superseiner, the Tunamar (1,200-GRT) was launched by Campbell Industries of the United States.

   • 2021 September 2, Maryann Overstreet, George Yule, General Extenders: The Forms and Functions of a New Linguistic Category, Cambridge University Press, page 66:

     It was a two-hundred-and-twenty foot, twelve-hundred ton superseiner – whith a helicopter and everything.