longline

American  

[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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Example Sentences

"Since these species spend a majority of their life on the move and in hard-to-reach places, it wouldn't have been possible for us to tag enough of them during a few days at sea. Thus, we collaborated with a commercial longline fisher, Captain Danny Mears, who did that work as part of our research team."

From Science Daily

“You’ll learn how much butter or whipped cream goes into a ‘Dolly Dollop,’ what condiment is almost always on the table at Parton family meals, and what special dish Rachel makes at Dolly’s request every year for her birthday,” the book’s longline reads, per Variety.

From Salon

Longline fishing gets its name from a long, horizontal fishing line, up to a mile long, from which hang baited hooks.

From Seattle Times

He went back to engineering on vessels; he became a CEO; he was the first head of the Freezer Longline Coalition that promotes “intelligent and orderly harvest of Pacific cod”; he became an AA advocate.

From Seattle Times

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