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Includes use of mid-water trawling, purse seine, pelagic longlines, handlines, harpoons, mid-water gillnets, rod and reel, trolling, and buoys to catch pelagic fishes and mobile invertebrates. Excludes all other forms of fishing.
The general use footprint includes all areas in which the use is known to occur with some regularity (over the past 3-5 years), regardless of its frequency or intensity.
Dominant use areas are defined as ocean areas routinely used by most users most of the time (within the seasonal patterns for that use). |