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Home » New fishing hooks protect bluefin tuna in Gulf of Mexico but allow catch of yellowfin tuna and swordfish

New fishing hooks protect bluefin tuna in Gulf of Mexico but allow catch of yellowfin tuna and swordfish

NOAA’s Fisheries Service will require commercial fishermen who fish for yellowfin tuna, swordfish and other species with longlines in the Gulf of Mexico to use a new type of hook, called a weak hook, designed to reduce the incidental catch of Atlantic bluefin tuna.

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