Sentence examples for target catch from inspiring English sources

The fleet's target catch is said to be about 930 minke whales.

Target: Catch up with other advanced economies such as Germany, and reach the top quartile of annual improvement in productivity for OECD nations.

This week Japan's whaling fleet returned to port with just over half its target catch after clashes with the marine conservation group Sea Shepherd.

After the ruling Japan cancelled its 2014-15 hunt, only to resume it the following year under a new programme with a two-thirds cut in the target catch number, saying the fresh plan is genuinely scientific.

The Nisshin Maru, the fleet's mother ship, returned to Tokyo harbour yesterday with just 507 whales, a little over half the target catch of 935, according to the fisheries agency.

Whaling officials denied a report in the Asahi Shimbun newspaper that the fleet had been forced to reduce its target catch by 20% this year in the face of mounting international opposition and a steep drop in domestic demand for whale meat.

Smith, who Eli Manning acknowledged was his most reliable target, caught 48 passes for 529 yards and 3 touchdowns in nine games in 2010.

Boldin, who was brought to the Ravens three years ago precisely to give Flacco a reliable target, caught five passes for 145 yards that exposed an inescapable truth for the Colts: their defense was ranked 21st against the pass.

The performance of the soft-brush ground gear might be improved by reducing the surface area, while still maintaining target catches and with minimal bottom contact.

Every subsequent reduction in target catches yielded yet larger no-fishing areas (Fig. 1 and Fig. 2).

In the field (Seneca Lake, NY USA), light-based traps of two designs bucket and funnel traps were highly effective at capturing Hemimysis, with limited non-target catch.