Fishing Gear: Pelagic Longlines

Longlines consist of a mainline, gangions, and baited hooks. Pelagic longline. A high-flyer buoy is used to monitor gear position while fishing, and lightsticks are often used to target certain species. The longline set can be suspended at any depth within the water column, depending on target species.

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Sickle Pomfret California Sea Grant

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Sickle Pomfret California Sea Grant

Longlines are passive fishing gears which are meant to catch sparsely distributed large pelagic fishes like tunas, billfishes and sharks. This fishing

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Fishing Gear: Pelagic Longlines

Schematic representation of an entire section of pelagic longline

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Drifting longlines - Fishing gear type

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