“…The survival of discarded line-caught fish is influenced by a variety of factors (see reviews by Arlinghaus et al, 2007;Bartholomew and Bohnsack, 2005;Muoneke and Childress, 1994). These factors have been the subject of numerous studies in recent years and include hook type or size (Aalbers et al, 2004;Butcher et al, 2008;Cooke et al, 2005;Graves and Horodysky, 2008;Grixti et al, 2007;Mapleston et al, 2008), hooking location (Alós et al, 2008;Butcher et al, 2007;McGrath et al, 2009;Pope and Wilde, 2004), landing apparatus (Barthel et al, 2003;Danylchuk et al, 2008;De Lestang et al, 2008) and duration of exposure to air (Gingerich et al, 2007;Reynolds et al, 2009).…”