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setline

British  
/ ˈsɛtˌlaɪn /

noun

  1. any of various types of fishing line that consist of a long line suspended across a stream, between buoys, etc, and having shorter hooked and baited lines attached See trawl trotline

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It was his first setline survey with this three-person crew, and until then his research had focused on egg and larval stages — “we’re talking about a fish less than an inch.”

From Washington Post • May 5, 2021

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