Readers will learn everything they need to know to join in the deep-sea fishing adventure safely and successfully and land a big one.

If you're looking to spend some time chasing one of the Atlantic's most popular sport fish, this book can help make it time well spent.

This volume discusses the fishing gear, bait, and boats that are most commonly used in deep-sea fishing. It also addresses the problem of overfishing and considers the measures that people have taken to preserve fish stocks.

Describes why so many people choose to work in occupations that put their lives on the line.

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... fishing and offshore longline fishing do not necessarily coincide seasonally ... deep waters of the open North Atlan- tic during this season . The most ... Panama City , and Destin , Fla . ( Mather et al . , 1972 ; Nakamura and Rivas ...