5.
Rawai (horizontal bottom longline) The gear is made of PA monofilament material with
multiple hooks (Figure 32 and 33).
It consists of a monofilament mainline and branchlines,
where the hooks and baits are attached. The gear is used
for catching demersal fishes by setting it horizontally
at the sea bottom. The gear is operated both using a boat
by the small-scale (Figure 32 and 33)
and commercial scale (Figure 34 and 35) fishermen. Soaking time varies
from one hour to about 10 hours per operation.
