SEAWEED GUARD DEVICE FOR FISHHOOK

The present invention relates to a seaweed guard device (1) developed for fishhooks (7) and to prevent/reduce unintentional catch of among other things seaweed. The seaweed guard device comprises a neck (4) with a longitudinal channel (2) for receiving the shank (10) of a fishhook, a hook point guard device (1) and a plurality of slits (3) formed in the neck along the longitudinal channel. The slits are adapted for receiving the bottom part of the eye (8) of a fishhook (7).