The activity or practice of fishing using a line or lines, as opposed to a net.
line fishing is very popular along Maremma's coastline
as modifier a commercial line fishing boat might have a crew of four men
Example sentencesExamples
- Local financial institutions are generally reluctant to provide financial assistance to line fishing companies.
- They fished for lobsters at first, then changed to long line fishing, using long lines with a hook every 6 feet.
- Spring fish are particularly vulnerable to rod and line fishing.
- For example, line fishing is specified in preference to trawling for cod and haddock.
- "If you don't stop line fishing the leatherbacks will be extinct by the time I am in middle school," the 7-year-old said.