Longliner Term Analysis

Sword boats, also called longliners, are baited at intervals and then hauled back daily for 10 or 20 days. Sword... (full context)

...homes, because fishermen often don’t have real ones—especially the younger ones who tend to crew longline boats. Ethel Shatford takes on a motherly role toward such men. She’s never lived more... (full context)

...in the early 1800s, when fishermen harpooned the fish from small sailboats. In the 1960s, longline boats began to have success, though through most of the 1970s, the U.S. Food and... (full context)

...what was happening aboard the Andrea Gail at this time, the Eishin Maru, a Japanese longliner, was likely facing similar conditions. About 200 miles southwest, the Eishin Maru was struck by... (full context)

The following spring, Adam Randall takes a job on a tuna longliner called the Terri Lei. One morning east of Charleston, South Carolina, the Terri Lei is... (full context)