: a heavy fishing line that may be many miles long and that has baited hooks in series
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Off the coast of Veracruz, Mexico, fishermen attached hunks of bonito fish to a longline and dropped it in the water.
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Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 10 June 2025
Scott Taylor, captain of the boat the longline belonged to, called the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and sought a criminal investigation.
—Hannah Phillips, USA Today, 4 June 2025
The longline belonged to one of only five vessels in the world permitted by NOAA to harvest sandbar sharks for research, the Post reported.
—Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 30 May 2025
Some gear, like longlines left out too long or trawl nets dragged for hours, increases the chance that a shark won’t survive the encounter.
—Melissa Cristina Márquez, Forbes.com, 7 Apr. 2025
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Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 10 June 2025
Scott Taylor, captain of the boat the longline belonged to, called the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and sought a criminal investigation.
—Hannah Phillips, USA Today, 4 June 2025
The longline belonged to one of only five vessels in the world permitted by NOAA to harvest sandbar sharks for research, the Post reported.
—Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 30 May 2025
Some gear, like longlines left out too long or trawl nets dragged for hours, increases the chance that a shark won’t survive the encounter.
—Melissa Cristina Márquez, Forbes.com, 7 Apr. 2025
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“Longline.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/longline. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.
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