handline


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a fishing line managed principally by hand

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Fishworkers are being hired informally both in purse seine and handline fishing vessels; they do not sign any formal contract or written agreement with the employer.
To materialize these concerns, a campaign was announced whereby the fisheries industry, consisting over 1,250 pole-and-line, handline and longline fishing vessels and processors would move one step ahead to reduce and phase out use of plastics and intercept ocean plastics in their one-million square kilometres of Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZs).
The company used commercial handline fishermen on the couth coast to test them and they were very impressed with the results, with a big variety of fish being taken.
There is one way to shorten the operation and that is to hold on tight so that the fish swims closer to the bank and then get another angler to grab the line and handline it into the side.
The deepwater handline or "bottomfish" fishery of Hawaii also targets these groups of fishes (Haight et al., 1993a).
Fisheries around SPSPA are dominated by fishing boats operating trolling, handline and longline gear far from the island, mainly during the night (Vaske et al.
Also, strong water currents make it difficult to fish with a handline due to the line being pulled by the water.
On Thursday, firefighters tried to curb the Buckhead Fire as it moved downhill by constructing in its way a "handline," or what Oregon Department of Forestry spokesman Randy Alvarez called a cleared dirt path, to remove fuel and stop the fire in its tracks.
Our hired rods and reels worked well until I saw a local fisherman, alone on his dugout canoe, using a Coke bottle for his reel and handline. 'Make a plan'.
The following fisheries are concerned by MSC certification: Danish Pelagic Producers Organisation North-East Atlantic mackerel fishery; Irish Pelagic Sustainability Association mackerel fishery; Irish Pelagic Sustainability Association pelagic trawl mackerel fishery; Norway North-East Atlantic pelagic trawl, purse seine and handline mackerel fishery; Netherlands Pelagic Freezer-Trawler Association North-East Atlantic mackerel fishery; Scottish Pelagic Sustainability Group (SPSG) Atlantic mackerel fishery; South-West handline mackerel fishery (Cornwall, United Kingdom); and Swedish Pelagic Producers Organisation North-East Atlantic mackerel fishery.
While his dad blanked, Steven landed a fine flounder on his rod, and to rub it in landed another fine flounder on a handline.
Two crosslays are now available that allow for handline access from either side of the truck for faster deployment of up to 300-feet (91m) of hose per crosslay.
Generally level bottomland meadow; gentle rolling View: Bottomland ranches near and territorial mountains flanking Big Wood River valley Crops: 2,045 AUMs, estimated Irrigation: Sub-irrigation, some handline Grazing permits: None Inholding: No Utilities: Power and telephone Buildings: Residence.