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- noun Plural form of
longline .
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Examples
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Scientists have also observed orcas, or killer whales, learning from other orcas from a geographically separate group how to steal fish from so-called longlines used by commercial fishing boats.
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"longlines" providing the physical connections between internet nodes.
eHam.net News 2009
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Even if there's plenty of food, seabirds whose numbers are depressed by drowning in gill-nets or on longlines, can't simply bounce back after people stop doing what's killing them.
Carl Safina: Seabirds: The Other Seafood Lovers Carl Safina 2012
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Buoy gear, developed on Florida's east coast, is an effective way to catch swordfish in an area closed to surface longlines.
Lee Crockett: Overfishing 101: Creative Ways to Protect Atlantic Bluefin Tuna Lee Crockett 2011
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Moreover, because catches are brought back to the boat in minutes, discarded fish stand a much greater chance of survival compared with those caught on surface longlines.
Lee Crockett: Overfishing 101: Creative Ways to Protect Atlantic Bluefin Tuna Lee Crockett 2011
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According to U.S. data, surface longlines in the Gulf of Mexico kill more fish now than thirty years ago.
Lee Crockett: Overfishing 101: Creative Ways to Protect Atlantic Bluefin Tuna Lee Crockett 2011
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In the Gulf of Mexico, surface longlines stretch on average for 30 miles and dangle approximately 800 baited hooks.
Lee Crockett: Overfishing 101: Creative Ways to Protect Atlantic Bluefin Tuna Lee Crockett 2011
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Surface longlines also harm an inordinate amount of the targeted species because of size restrictions.
Lee Crockett: Overfishing 101: Creative Ways to Protect Atlantic Bluefin Tuna Lee Crockett 2011
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The United States has tried for years to reduce dead discards from surface longlines, including establishing closed areas to this fishing method in the Atlantic and part of the Gulf of Mexico, prohibiting the use of live bait and regulating hook shape, size and strength.
Lee Crockett: Overfishing 101: Creative Ways to Protect Atlantic Bluefin Tuna Lee Crockett 2011
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These two gears will not only reduce the amount of bluefin tuna caught and killed by surface longlines in the Gulf of Mexico, but they also could reduce unnecessary deaths of countless other ocean animals that come into contact with this indiscriminate fishing gear.
Lee Crockett: Overfishing 101: Creative Ways to Protect Atlantic Bluefin Tuna Lee Crockett 2011
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