Term:
Tori line; bird line; streamer line; bird scaring line
Definition:
A line with streamers, towed as a scaring device over the area behind a vessel where sinking baited hooks are within range of diving seabirds. This is used as a bycatch reduction device.
Domain:
Fishery
Source:
IATE, 2011 (Australia, Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Glossary of fisheries terms: http://www.daff.gov.au/brs/f...#t (30.10.2007)
