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Tuna-fishing boats bait their lines with squid and lay them on the surface of the water, where they stretch from horizon to horizon, carrying thousands of hooks. This is called surface longlining, and the “long” part of it is no joke—the lines can stretch for up to 100 kilometres.

Albatrosses can detect a longline from about 30 kilometres away; tracking devices show them turning mid-flight to head straight for the squid buffet.
Hooks are designed to catch things, and they don’t discriminate between birds and fish. Albatrosses caught on hooks usually drown, dragged underwater by the line as it sinks.
Shot on assignment for New Zealand Geographic Issue: 182 July /August 2023.
Read the Feature: https://www.nzgeo.com/stories/summer-33/
Photograph Richard Robinson © 2023.
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Tuna-fishing boats bait their lines with squid and lay them on the surface of the water, where they stretch from horizon to horizon, carrying thousands of hooks. This is called surface longlining, and the “long” part of it is no joke—the lines can stretch for up to 100 kilometres. <br /> <br /> Albatrosses can detect a longline from about 30 kilometres away; tracking devices show them turning mid-flight to head straight for the squid buffet.<br /> Hooks are designed to catch things, and they don’t discriminate between birds and fish. Albatrosses caught on hooks usually drown, dragged underwater by the line as it sinks.<br /> Shot on assignment for New Zealand Geographic Issue: 182 July /August 2023.<br /> Read the Feature: https://www.nzgeo.com/stories/summer-33/<br /> Photograph Richard Robinson © 2023.<br /> Rights managed image. No Reproduction without prior written permission.