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Endangered marine life is being caught in fishing nets, but it doesn’t need to be

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par Nicholas Payne, Associate Professor of Natural Sciences, Trinity College Dublin
Louise Overy, Assistant lecturer in wildlife biology, Munster Technological University

Hundreds of thousands of marine animals are killed every year after becoming accidentally caught in commercial fishing nets. Sharks, skates and rays are at particular risk, alongside turtles, seals, whales and dolphins, many of which are endangered.

Much of this problem comes down to the design of fishing nets and how they are used. Particularly damaging are tangle…

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