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Not AvailableHooking rate, hooking location and severity of wound were assessed during 163 experimental handline operation, targeted for fishes like tilapia, pearlspot and snapper. Two barbed hook types viz., circle hook (non-offset size 9/0) and J-hook (0° offset size 6) were deployed in an alternative fashion using natural dead baits viz., oil sardine and chicken waste. Circle hook had significantly lower (p<0.05) hooking rate than J-hook. Type of hook affected hooking location as 78% of the fish caught by circle hook were lip hooked, 22% deep hooked and there was no foul hooking. With J-hook, 50% fishes were lip hooked, 43% deep hooked and 7% foul hooked. The difference in severity of wounds in the two types of hooks was statistically significant (p