Caught in broken net, fish died (9)
I believe the answer is:
entangled
'caught' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'broken net fish died' is the wordplay.
'broken' indicates an anagram.
'fish' becomes 'angle' (angle can mean to fish).
'died' becomes 'd' (abbreviation next to the year of someone's death).
'net' is an anagram of 'ent'.
'ent'+'angle'+'d'='ENTANGLED'
'in' is the link.
(Other definitions for entangled that I've seen before include "snarled up" , "caught" , "Confusedly twisted" , "Involved in complications" , "Intertwined; entrapped" .)