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Kiribati and PNG were also involved in the past but due to economic
difficulties have since concentrated on the purse-seine and longline
fishery.
Pole-and-line boats differ from purse-seiners and longliners in that they use live baitfish stored in bait wells aboard to catch tuna.
Surface tunas are attracted to the baitfish, which characteristically remain close to the pole-and-line boat. Long fishing poles and lures are used to catch the tuna.
Pole-and-line boats differ from purse-seiners and longliners in that they use live baitfish stored in bait wells aboard to catch tuna.
Surface tunas are attracted to the baitfish, which characteristically remain close to the pole-and-line boat. Long fishing poles and lures are used to catch the tuna.
