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High seas fisheries: Ocean pelagic resources living near the surface are exploit ed by purse seiners and surface long-liners . Top: Italian purse seiner fishing in the central Adriatic. Middle: Bluefin tuna caught in the South Tyrrh enian by a purse seiner. Bottom:Distant-water surface longliner operating in the Mediterranean.

Image ID: fish2208, NOAA's Fisheries Collection
Location: Mediterranean Sea
Photographer: Top-E. Pesola;Center- M. Deflorio; Greenpeace.


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