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Hal Clement's "Bulge" & "Longline": Very unusual premises - negative gravity in former (conditions where the world you are standing on throws you out to space rather than holding you to its surface!), & "what if speed of light is not a barrier but a divider" in later (so we share the universe with matter than cannot move slower than light!)
MIND MELD: Memorable Short Stories to Add to Your Reading List (Part 1 of 2) 2009
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Longline fishing is yet another lethal threat that penguins must contend with.
The Great Penguin Rescue Dyan DeNapoli 2010
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Longline fishing consists of lines up to sixty miles long, a length that would reach from earth to outer space!
Chicken Soup for The Soul: Extraordinary Teens Jack Canfield 2009
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Longline fishing consists of lines up to sixty miles long, a length that would reach from earth to outer space!
Chicken Soup for The Soul: Extraordinary Teens Jack Canfield 2009
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Longline fishing for Ling and Southern Bluefin Tuna is known to cause seabird mortality especially as the fishery around the Snares and Bounty Islands occurs during the austral summer breeding season of the albatrosses.
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Longline fishing at Tristan da Cunha: impacts on seabirds.
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Longline fishing is the main threat to albatross seabirds, 19 of the 21 of the species of which are considered threatened or endangered.
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African National Plan of Action for Reducing the Incidental Catch of Seabirds in Longline Fisheries (NPOA-SEABIRDS) - was important for reducing mortality among albatrosses and petrels.
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Longline cultivation is also productive and economical.
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Natan took Serpentine Street, the best-lit and safest way through Docktown, to the Longline.
The Unicorn Trade Anderson, Poul and Karen 1984
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