Experimental midwater horizontal longline and vertical longline data collected during a NOAA R/V Townsend Cromwell cruise in 1989 at the SE Hancock Seamount
Midwater longline operations were fished both in a horizontal (targeting a particular depth stratum) and vertical manner over the seamount summit and slopes. All midwater longline operations were conducted at night. For midwater horizontal longline operations, gear was set to fish within scattering layers over the …