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- noun nautical A
fisherman orfishing boat that useslonglines
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Examples
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At the same time, the numbers of large cod in deep water near the coast of Newfoundland are thought to have declined quickly as the longliner fleet switched to synthetic gillnets.
Fisheries and aquaculture in the Newfoundland and Labrador Seas, Northeastern Canada 2009
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As a commercial fisherman on a factory longliner in the Bering Sea, the Gulf of Alaska and near the Aleutian Islands, I have had plenty of opportunities to observe killer whales up close and personal.
Pirates In Tuxedos 2008
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Bosun Kalifi Ferretti-Gallon untangling line confiscated from the Uruguayan longliner La Paloma.
The Whale Warriors Peter Heller 2007
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Bosun Kalifi Ferretti-Gallon untangling line confiscated from the Uruguayan longliner La Paloma.
The Whale Warriors Peter Heller 2007
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Grafton, locked radar onto the 43-metre Belize-registered longliner Puerto Madryn just outside the Australian Fishing
Australia Warns-Off Foreign Fishing Vessel In Sub-Antarctic 1999
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Salvora, and the Panamanian-flagged longliner, Aliza Glacial for illegal fishing in the AFZ.
Australia Warns-Off Foreign Fishing Vessel In Sub-Antarctic 1999
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There were 25 men and a woman aboard the 190-foot factory longliner, and the force of the explosion blew several crew members into the sea.
The Seattle Times 2010
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Learn more: www. greenpeace.org The Greenpeace ship Esperanza freed tuna, sharks, marlin and an endangered sea turtle from a Taiwanese longliner on Saturday.
WN.com - Articles related to Singapore Airlines Aids Rainforest Preservation 2010
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Learn more: www. greenpeace.org The Greenpeace ship Esperanza freed tuna, sharks, marlin and an endangered sea turtle from a Taiwanese longliner on Saturday.
WN.com - Articles related to Singapore Airlines Aids Rainforest Preservation 2010
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The tuna long-liner had been observed earlier to fish illegally in Somali waters but after the sea-jacking was also involved in first trying to capture another longliner of the same fleet, which used the Seychelles as starting point for their transshipments of caught tuna, and then in the piracy attack on MV MAERSK ALABAMA.
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