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Long-line fishing, or long-lining is a fishing method that involves setting out a large number of short lines carrying hooks, which are attached to a longer main line at regular intervals. The short lines are suspended horizontally at a predetermined depth with the help of surface floats. Main lines can reach 150 kilometres in length and have several thousand hooks.

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