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Longline Fishing Banned Near N. Mariana Islands

WASHINGTON (CN) - The National Marine Fisheries Service has banned the use of longline fishing gear within 30 miles of the Northern Mariana Islands to help develop the local trawl fishing fleet which is considered less harmful to bigeye tuna stocks than longline gear is.

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