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Green-Stick Lures Help Prevent Bycatch

Picture by: NOAA Fisheries Picture taken on: September 15th, 2009

Green stick gear is used by a few boats in the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico, and the gear - pulled through the water at fairly high speed - is thought by some to be a lower-bycatch alternative to longline gear.

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