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ends of side-branching secondary lines called <i>snoods</i>. Dropline fishing, or <b>droplining</b>, is a specialized <a href="/wiki/Angling" title="Angling">angling</a> <a href="/wiki/Fishing_technique" class="mw-redirect" title="Fishing technique">technique</a>. </p><p>Droplines may be set either down <a href="/wiki/Oceanic_trench" title="Oceanic trench">underwater trenches</a> or just into the open water column. They have a <a href="/wiki/Fishing_sinker" title="Fishing sinker">weight</a> at the bottom of the line and are fixed to the water surface at least one <a href="/wiki/Bouy" title="Bouy">float</a> at the top. They are usually not as long as <a href="/wiki/Longlining" class="mw-redirect" title="Longlining">longlines</a> and have fewer hooks. </p><p>Droplines can be contrasted with <a href="/wiki/Trotline" title="Trotline">trotlines</a>. Whereas a dropline has a series of hooks suspended sideways off a vertical mainline, a trotline has a series of hooks suspended vertically off a horizontal mainline. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Conservation_impacts">Conservation impacts</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dropline&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Conservation impacts"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A concern for <a href="/wiki/Marine_conservation" title="Marine conservation">marine conservation</a> is that droplines are able to access areas that are otherwise natural fish refuges, such as <a href="/wiki/Deep_sea_canyon" class="mw-redirect" title="Deep sea canyon">deep sea canyons</a> and <a href="/wiki/Seamount" title="Seamount">seamounts</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-AMCS_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AMCS-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Australian_Marine_Conservation_Society" title="Australian Marine Conservation Society">Australian Marine Conservation Society</a> rates dropline fishing as having a "moderate impact" on wildlife and a "low impact" on marine habitats.<sup id="cite_ref-AMCS_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AMCS-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Droplines have the potential to interact with <a href="/wiki/Orca" title="Orca">orcas</a> (killer whales). There is predation by orcas on commercial longline and dropline fish catches, including around <a href="/wiki/Tasmania" title="Tasmania">Tasmania</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-AMCS_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AMCS-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Bering_Sea" title="Bering Sea">Bering Sea</a> and <a href="/wiki/Prince_William_Sound" title="Prince William Sound">Prince William Sound</a> areas,<sup id="cite_ref-noaa_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-noaa-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> causing significant financial loss to commercial fishers, and threat to orcas, which can become caught or entangled, exposed to ship strikes when moving or migrating, or suffer retaliation from fishers. Retaliation in response to predation on fish catches in previous decades has included shooting and harpooning of orcas.<sup id="cite_ref-noaa_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-noaa-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-WDCS_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WDCS-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dropline&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-AMCS-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-AMCS_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-AMCS_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-AMCS_1-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Australia's Sustainable Seafood Guide: Expanded Edition, published by <a href="/wiki/Australian_Marine_Conservation_Society" title="Australian Marine Conservation Society">AMCS</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-noaa-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-noaa_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-noaa_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Killer Whale (<i>Orcinus orca</i>) Depredation on Longline Catches of Sablefish (<i>Anoplopoma fimbria</i>) in Alaskan Waters. July 1988. Northwest and Alaska Fisheries Center, National Marine Fisheries Service <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.afsc.noaa.gov/Publications/ProcRpt/PR%2088-14.pdf">[1]</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-WDCS-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-WDCS_3-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.wdcs.org.au/pdf/WDCS%20Orca%20(final).pdf"><i>Orcinus orca</i>: a Species Complex</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070927033101/http://www.wdcs.org.au/pdf/WDCS%20Orca%20(final).pdf">Archived</a> 2007-09-27 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society. Accessed: 2007-02-13</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dropline&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090602100550/http://www.afma.gov.au/information/students/methods/droplines.htm">Fishing methods and devices - Dropline</a>, Australian Fisheries Management Authority</li></ul> <div class="navbox-styles"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline 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style="width:7.5em">Spears</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bowfishing" title="Bowfishing">Bowfishing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gigging" title="Gigging">Gigging</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harpoon" title="Harpoon">Harpoon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hawaiian_sling" title="Hawaiian sling">Hawaiian sling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polespear" title="Polespear">Polespear</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spearfishing" title="Spearfishing">Spearfishing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Speargun" title="Speargun">Speargun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trident" title="Trident">Trident</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:7.5em"><a href="/wiki/Fishing_line" title="Fishing line">Fishing lines</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Angling" 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