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Rumpon palm fronds attached to a rakit. Rakit or floating pontoon which is a fish attracting device anchored 1500 meters to the sea bottom. This rakit has artificial lamps turned on from sunset to sunrise. Skipjacks, bigeye, yellowfin tuna are the three primary tropical market species of tuna that these devices attract.
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