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longline

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long·line  (lôngln, lng-)
n.
A heavy fishing line usually several miles long and having a series of baited hooks.
long-lining n.


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Finning is the wasteful practice in high seas longline fisheries, usually targeting tuna, of slicing off a shark's dorsal fin, and sometimes the tail, then dumping the carcass overboard.
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