Sentences with phrase «line shark fishing»

Not exact matches

Those lines lure sharks with the scent of blood, even if it's fish like tuna, and not sharks, that the fishermen are trying to catch.

The bottom line, as was true with whales and still is with bluefin tuna and other threatened fishes, is that ensuring shark species» survival also ensures the survival of multiple fisheries.

Adding a particular metal to fishing lines could create an electrical field in seawater that would keep sharks from stealing bait and winding up entangled themselves.

If so, they would then incorporate the metal into shark - repelling fishing lines.

One way sharks occasionally meet their doom is by getting tangled up in long - line fishing gear.

But the return of commercial fishers — especially long - line tuna boats — outside the 12 - mile zone is bad enough, says Richmond, who predicts a heavy toll on sharks as well as tunas, as the bycatch rate is one shark for every two tunas.

Spectrum Brands Pet introduced GloFish Sharks to its popular line of GloFish fluorescent fish.

Throw a line out here to attract many fish including, Whiting, Dart, Bream, Mackerel, Tailor, Trevally, Tuna, Flathead and even Sharks.

If you book a diving experience, not only can you expect to see turtles, blue - lined octopi, schools of white spotted eagle rays, an array of tropical fish including emperor angelfish and clown triggerfish, but grey nurse sharks and leopard sharks often pay the rocks a visit.

From long coral lined swim throughs to large reef areas full of large fish and sharks, the Similan islands is a must for diving enthusiasts.

A year - round vacation destination, some of Jamaica's other renowned activities include hiking the Blue Mountains, bird - watching, award - winning festivals, caving in the Cockpit Country, zip - lining, horseback riding, cliff diving, rainforest bobsledding, deep sea fishing, bicycle tours, dolphin and shark encounters, and more.

For the rod and line fisherman, great opportunities exist to land a decent fish from the shores of Anderson Inlet the most southerly mangrove habitat in Australia which provides an excellent environment for trevally, flathead, pinkie snapper, mullet, salmon, tailor, whiting and gummy shark.

Fishing with miles - long lines of baited hooks has spread around the world in the past few decades and has removed up to 90 percent of the large predatory species, including tunas, billfish and sharks, according to a variety of recent studies.

Throughout his campaign in Costa Rica, Arauz worked closely with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Congress to urge the UN to ban shark finning and to stop all long - line fishing in the eastern Pacific's international waters.

Live Science reports that the SMART Hook, an acronym for Selective Magnetic and Repellent - Treated Hook, will help keep sharks away from the fishing lines intended for other species of fish.

The new hooks have a special metal coating that produces a voltage in seawater, and because sharks are highly sensitive to electric fields in the water, the SMART hook (Selective Magnetic and Repellent - Treated Hook), will help keep sharks away from the fishing lines intended for other species of fish.

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A new high - tech magnetic fish hook, the SMART hook, could help keep sharks safer from fishing lines.