long-lining

Marine biodiversity has been particularly threatened by the uncontrolled illegal fishing by large ships owned by mainland or Asiatic fishing companies in pelagic zones, often inside the Marine Reserve, using high technology methods such as long-lining.

Galápagos National Park & Galápagos Marine Resources Reserve, Ecuador 2009

We have taken too much out of the ocean by subsidizing and encouraging inefficient and destructive overfishing, bottom trawling, long-lining, purse seining, dynamite fishing, irresponsible aquaculture and illegal hunting.

Wallace J Nichols: #OccupyTheOcean Wallace J Nichols 2011

It's called long-lining, miles of fishing lines spooled out with thousands of hooks killing millions of sharks each year.

CNN Transcript Oct 1, 2008 2008

It's nice to see something different long-lining for crab, and new faces.

Dawn of Another Captain 2008

In a statement issued on Tuesday, the department said it intended to allocate commercial fishing rights for tuna and swordfish long-lining as part of transforming these fisheries.

ANC Daily News Briefing 2002

A draft discussion document on a policy for the allocation of rights for commercial tuna and swordfish long-lining in South

ANC Daily News Briefing 2002

Last year, for example, a deal was struck between the Coastal Conservation Association, the Billfish Foundation, and the American Sportfishing Association, on one hand, and the Blue Water (long-line) Fishermen's Association, on the other, to phase out all long-lining in 160,000 square miles of the Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic Ocean south of North Carolina.

Angling in Y2K and Beyond 1999

"Virtually none," he replied, 'just lobster-potting and some long-lining.

Some by Fire Pawson, Stuart 1999

In those days there were good catches of fish to be made inshore, and it was not unusual for a good day's long-lining

Edward FitzGerald and "Posh" "Herring Merchants" James Blyth

The town called them Sally Hancock's Gang, she being their leader, though they worked separate, shrimping, cockling, digging for lug and long-lining, bawling fish through Plymouth streets, even a hovelling job at times -- nothing came amiss to them, and no weather.

News from the Duchy Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch 1903