More than 300,000 marine mammals like dolphins are caught and killed every year in equipment designed for fish. Here are some techniques fisheries use to keep them away.
every year in gear targeted for fish. “[Bycatch] is the biggest single cause of harm and death to whales and dolphins today,” says Danny Groves, spokesperson for Whale and Dolphin Conservation, a U.K.-based charity.Not all fishing gear is created equal, and different kinds can entangle dolphins and other cetaceans in different ways. Among the worst of the nets still in use are gillnets.
Longline fishing is also a danger to dolphins. This techniqe relies on long fishing lines that trail a boat, with a number of hooks at different intervals to catch larger fish like tuna or swordfish. But some dolphins, like the bulbous-headed Risso’s dolphin and pilot whales , can also get caught on these hooks.
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