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- noun
fishing with alongline
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Examples
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The ANC should note the progress being made in developing new fisheries, such as longlining for hake and tuna, which hopefully will provide scope for new entrants in the fishing industry.
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The absence of a propeller has definite advantages, but this type of drive is very inefficient at low rpm and thus is inapplicable for activities such as longlining and trolling.
Chapter 6 1983
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But when you see a deep sea fishing boat engaged in something called "longlining" or to put it more bluntly, reeling in hundreds of sharks, slicing their fins off on deck while they are completely conscious of the what is happening to them and then tossing their mutilated torsos back into the ocean where they sink to the bottom, you can easily lose all faith in humanity. "
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Lake trout, trolling just outside of Rockport (Alpena MI) longlining with cowbells and green/yellow peanuts! what fun with the bro! even better was the fried laker for lunch!
Biggest Fish Caught? 2009
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Lake trout, trolling just outside of Rockport (Alpena MI) longlining with cowbells and green/yellow peanuts! what fun with the bro! even better was the fried laker for lunch!
Biggest Fish Caught? 2009
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Called a conservation catastrophe by The Billfish Foundation, NOM-029-PESCA-2006 is a measure that allows commercial longlining in coastal waters of the Sea of Cortez.
Overfishing in the Sea of Cortez: Are sustainable fish farms the solution? 2009
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Called a conservation catastrophe by The Billfish Foundation, NOM-029-PESCA-2006 is a measure that allows commercial longlining in coastal waters of the Sea of Cortez.
Overfishing in the Sea of Cortez: Are sustainable fish farms the solution? 2009
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In the last thirty years, Sea Shepherd has been running almost continuous campaigns at sea to stop illegal whaling, drift-netting, longlining, dolphin slaughter, and sealing.
The Whale Warriors Peter Heller 2007
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Destructive fishing practices—trawling, longlining, driftnetting—have depleted not only targeted species, but also devastated diverse ocean ecosystems and killed millions of sea birds, marine mammals, turtles and countless other creatures as throwaway “bycatch.”
The Whale Warriors Peter Heller 2007
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In the last thirty years, Sea Shepherd has been running almost continuous campaigns at sea to stop illegal whaling, drift-netting, longlining, dolphin slaughter, and sealing.
The Whale Warriors Peter Heller 2007
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