How Seafood is Caught: Longlining

Longlining employs a central fishing line that can range from one to 50 miles long; this line is strung with smaller lines of baited hooks, dangling at evenly spaced intervals. Longlines can be set near the surface to catch pelagic fish like tuna and swordfish, or laid on the seafloor to catch deep-dwelling fish like cod and halibut. Many lines, however, can hook sea turtles, sharks and seabirds that are also attracted to the bait. By sinking longlines deeper or using different hooks, fishermen can reduce the bycatch problem.
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[@junuThomas]

Great video

[@hansmikkelsen]

I have never seen a bird that bites on a hook and there ate not that many birds that far out at sea

[@mirjamkramer245]

Hans mikkelsen have you never heard of seagulls ?.

[@lijokurian8978]

Nice

[@zrockyassine]

So do they come out dead already?

[@aquietlife8873]

No, they die a slow and agonizing death, continuously suffering for hours at end.

[@wazup3333]

For miles? So what happens when a boat crosses it

[@shane99ca]

Nothing. They're seventy feet down, minimum. Even an aircraft carrier doesn't draw that much water.

[@wazup3333]

@@shane99ca how do they float 70 feet down?

[@shane99ca]

@@wazup3333 Ball drops, or floats. These float on the surface and suspend the main line below; how deep depends on the length of line tied to the floats. The actual baited hooks are themselves hung from the main line, usually about twice as deep as the line itself. Kind of like an underwater suspension bridge.

[@wazup3333]

@@shane99ca what ball

[@shane99ca]

@@wazup3333 You're being thick, wazzup. The line is hung from floats, and the hooks are hung from the line. Without the ball floats, the whole thing would sink.

[@CrushDani]

Should be illegal. 80% of what is caught is dead by the time they check the hooks.

[@bycatch_gear_tech8291]

Hans is wrong. Didn't do his homework.

[@justinbridgetryan1410]

sad but we need seafood

[@meetdabigots6]

Need or want?

[@hharshadbhagata4395]

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