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DEMERSAL LONGLINER [1 record]

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Record 1 2022-03-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Collaboration with the FAO
  • Types of Ships and Boats
  • Commercial Fishing
CONT

A demersal longline vessel may deploy either a double or single line which is weighted along its length to keep it close to the seafloor. Steel anchors ... are placed at the ends of each line to anchor it, and are marked with an array of floats ... Lines are typically between 10 km and 20 km in length, carrying between 6 900 and 15 600 hooks each.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Collaboration avec la FAO
  • Types de bateaux
  • Pêche commerciale

Spanish

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