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dredge [6 records]

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Record 1 2022-01-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Commercial Fishing
CONT

… clam dredges have high capture efficiencies for target bivalve species … Therefore, within a dredged patch of seabed, a substantial proportion of benthic biomass, in the form of large, long-lived bivalves, can be removed. It is the practice in the … fishery to dredge localized areas … and then to leave this fallow for a period … to allow time for re-establishment and growth to commercial size of the target species.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pêche commerciale

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Pesca comercial
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Record 2 - external organization data 2021-03-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment – Nomenclature 4.0
  • Museums and Heritage (General)
OBS

dredge: an item in the "Water Transportation Equipment" class of the "Distribution and Transportation Objects" category.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Nomenclature 4.0
  • Muséologie et patrimoine (Généralités)
OBS

drague : objet de la classe «Équipement de transport maritime» de la catégorie «Objets de manutention et de transport».

Spanish

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Record 3 2018-12-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Commercial Fishing
CONT

A dredge is a metal framed basket with a bottom of connected iron rings or wire netting, often with the top made of synthetic webbing. The lower edge of the frame has a raking bar, with or without teeth, the design depending upon the characteristics of the species being targeted.

OBS

A heavy steel frame with teeth scrapes or digs the sea bed for shellfish such as scallops, clams or oysters.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pêche commerciale
DEF

Sac en filet ou panier en métal, remorqué sur le fond au moyen d'une armature présentant une ouverture de forme et de largeur variables, dont la partie inférieure est munie d'une lame formant racloir et parfois de dents.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Pesca comercial
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Record 4 2013-03-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Culinary Techniques
DEF

To sprinkle or coat with flour or other fine substance.

OBS

To dredge does not mean to coat thickly, but it does imply a heavier sprinkling than the term dust.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Techniques culinaires
DEF

Parsemer une préparation d'une substance fine (mie de pain, fromage râpé, chapelure, sucre à glacer, etc.)

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Técnicas culinarias
DEF

Esparcir una sustancia en polvo, como harina, azúcar o sal, sobre un alimento de manera uniforme.

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Record 5 2000-09-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Dredging
  • Types of Ships and Boats
  • Scientific Measurements and Analyses
DEF

An ocean-bottom sampler that scoops sediment and benthonic organisms as it is dragged behind a moving ship. It is usually a heavy, metal container; one variety is made of chain mail affixed to a metal collar.

DEF

A vessel fitted with bucket ladder, grap, or suction dredging machinery for underwater excavation or for mining alluvial deposits ... Most harbour dredges are more like rafts and may pass their whole life in one small muddy pond.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Dragage
  • Types de bateaux
  • Mesures et analyse (Sciences)
DEF

Construction flottante équipée de moyens mécaniques permettant l'extraction de matériaux dans une zone immergée.

OBS

[Les dragues] «écrèment» le fond et il convient de les utiliser sur de très courtes distances afin d'éviter les mélanges. Le sédiment sera recueilli dans un sac en jute très serré afin d'éviter le lessivage à la remontée. On a un bon aperçu du sédiment et du peuplement superficiel.

OBS

drague : terme uniformisé par le Groupe de travail de terminologie du génie.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Dragado
  • Tipos de barcos
  • Medición y análisis (Ciencias)
DEF

Barco en que va instalado un aparato [empleado para excavar bajo el agua o limpiar el fondo de los puertos, canales, etc.]

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Record 6 1997-09-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Maneuvering of Ships

French

Domaine(s)
  • Manœuvre des navires

Spanish

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