: a heavy fishing line that may be many miles long and that has baited hooks in series
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According to the Miami Herald, prosecutors argued that Mansell and Moore knew that the longline was legal, yet cut it and freed the sharks.
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Owen Clarke, Outside, 11 Sep. 2025
The Longline Another 90s throwback, the leather longline coat is having a resurgence this fall.
—Christina Holevas, Vogue, 3 Sep. 2025
But loss of habitat from developing coasts and getting caught in commercial fishing nets and longlines nearly wiped them out.
—Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 22 July 2025
In April 2020, Mansell and Moore took a group, which included the Kansas City police chief and a SWAT officer, and encountered a buoy connected to a longline over a dive site.
—Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 28 June 2025
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Owen Clarke, Outside, 11 Sep. 2025
The Longline Another 90s throwback, the leather longline coat is having a resurgence this fall.
—Christina Holevas, Vogue, 3 Sep. 2025
But loss of habitat from developing coasts and getting caught in commercial fishing nets and longlines nearly wiped them out.
—Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 22 July 2025
In April 2020, Mansell and Moore took a group, which included the Kansas City police chief and a SWAT officer, and encountered a buoy connected to a longline over a dive site.
—Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 28 June 2025
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“Longline.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/longline. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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