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bottom-set longline — a longline set on or near the sea floor … Dictionary of ichthyology
Longline fishing — For other meanings of longline , see longline. Longline fishing is a commercial fishing technique that uses hundreds or even thousands of baited hooks hanging from a single line. Swordfish, tuna, halibut, sablefish and many other species are… … Wikipedia
longline — 1) a fishing line with baited hooks set at intervals on branch lines; it may be 150 km long and have several thousand hooks and can be on the sea bed or above it supported by floats. It may be anchored or drift free and is marked by floats.… … Dictionary of ichthyology
set — 1) a single use of a net, pot or string of pots from laying it out to hauling it in 2) the total units of a longline 3) the direction towards which a current flows 4) to pull on a fishing line in order to fix a hook in … Dictionary of ichthyology
longline — A fishing gear in which short lines carrying hooks are attached to a longer main line at regular intervals. Pelagic longlines are suspended horizontally at a predetermined depth with the help of surface floats. The main lines can be as long as… … Fisheries — dictionary
drifting longline — a longline kept near the surface or at a certain depth by means of regularly spaced floats. Drifting longlines may be of considerable length, and the snoods are usually longer and more widely spaced than for the bottom longlines. Some drifting… … Dictionary of ichthyology
commercial fishing — Introduction the taking of fish and other seafood and resources from oceans, rivers, and lakes for the purpose of marketing them. Fishing is one of the oldest employments of humankind. Ancient heaps of discarded mollusk shells (shell… … Universalium
Mammals and Birds Excluder Device — For the electronic device, see Mbed microcontroller. A Mammals and Birds Excluder Device or MBED (also named Cachalotera) is a fishing gear device that avoids the depredation of the fish caught in the line for Marine Mammals, and avoids the… … Wikipedia
Vessel monitoring system — Vessel monitoring systems (VMS) are used in commercial fishing to allow environmental and fisheries regulatory organizations to monitor, minimally, the position, time at a position, and course and speed of fishing vessels. They are a key part of… … Wikipedia
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