Long-Line Fishing IssuesLong-line commercial fishing methods generally aim to catch large fish like tuna and swordfish, but the baited hooks also attract a bycatch of a wide variety of other marine animals and can possibly result in their death.
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Trawl Gears and the Ocean FloorBottom trawling is a commercial fishing method that uses a large net with heavy weights and is dragged across the bottom of the seafloor, raking up everything along its path, including specific target fish and accidental corals and bycatch.
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