Dictionary of Ichthyology |
longliner = a fishing vessel employing longlines. Several automatic or semi-automatic systems are used on larger boats to bait the hooks and to shoot and haul the lines. |
Faroe Islands longliner from Wikimedia Commons: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Le_palangrier_c%C3%B4tier_%E2%80%98%E2%80%99Nor%C3%B0s%C3%B8ki%E2%80%98%E2%80%99_(2).jpg |