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Table 1
Characteristics of hand lines used for targeting species in the Persian Gulf.
| Mainline | Material: monofilament nylon |
| Dimension: diameter 0.8 mm; length 91.44 m | |
| Snood | Material: wire cable |
| Dimension: diameter 2 mm; length 0.5 m | |
| Hook | J-style: sizes of 4/0, 5/0, 7/0, and 8/0 |
| Circle Mustad: sizes of 4/0, 5/0, 7/0, and 8/0 | |
| Bait | Natural: piece of squid |
| Artificial: plastic lure looking like squid | |
| Swivel | Mounting: attached between mainline and snood to connect the hook to the snood |
| Number: two | |
| Sinker | Material: lead |
| Weight: ∼2 kg |
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