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Tag Archives: bycatch
Bycatch: 1 for the price of 10
Originally posted on A Perspective Study:
Bycatch is a real and growing problem. We are catching more fish unintentionally than ever before thanks the to large-scale implementation of bottom trawling, a fishing technique in which ships as big as supertankers…
Posted in fish
Tagged bycatch, conservation, finfish, fishing, hunting, invertebrate, marine conservation zone, politics, sea, seabed, seafood, shellfish, trawling, vertebrate, wild food
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EU makes feathered friends
Eivind Burkow at the Coastal House tells us how the the European Union (EU) attempts to reduce the accidental catching of birds during sea fishing. I so hope this will be a success. As you know I like to buy … Continue reading
Posted in ecology, fish
Tagged accident, bird, bycatch, conservation, Europe, finfish, fishery, fishing, hunting, non-passerine, sea, seabird, seafood, vertebrate, waterbird, wild food, wildlife
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