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longline

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[lawng-lahyn, long-] / ˈlɔŋˌlaɪn, ˈlɒŋ- /
  1. a heavy and very long fishing line with a large number of baited hooks, used in deep-sea commercial fishing.


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Balearic shearwaters are long-lived but Critically Endangered mainly because of declines driven by fisheries by-catch, as they can get caught on baited longline hooks and gill nets.

From Science Daily • Jan. 29, 2024

By 2018, the entire population of orcas in these waters had taught one another to feast on longline buffets, with whole groups that previously foraged on seals and penguins developing a taste for human-caught toothfish.

From Scientific American • Nov. 2, 2023

His Day Boat Seafood in 2011 became one of the first longline companies in the world to carry an ecolabel from the Marine Stewardship Council — the industry’s gold standard.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 7, 2022

The retailer is offering a 39% discount on the textured longline coat, which was designed with work and weekends in mind.

From Fox News • Nov. 26, 2021

Commercial longline fishers are collaborating with NGOs and the government to reduce seabird by-catch, including trialling a device to bait lines underwater so birds don’t get caught in them.

From The Guardian • Mar. 11, 2020

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