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Longline

A main fishing line, sometimes tens of kilometres long, with thousands of baited hooks on short side lines.

Also: longlining

A longline is a main line set from a boat and left to fish, with branch lines and baited hooks hanging from it. Pelagic longlines drift near the surface for tuna, swordfish and sharks; bottom longlines target cod, halibut, toothfish and groupers. One line may carry thousands of hooks. Longlining can catch high-quality fish, but it also hooks sharks, turtles and seabirds such as albatrosses. Weighted lines, setting at night, bird-scaring streamers and circle hooks reduce this bycatch.

See also

Bycatch Pole and line Pelagic

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