Strengthening Sustainable Fisheries and Protecting Marine Ecosystems
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Pilot Mitigation Trials to Reduce Cetacean Bycatch
This summer, our partner CCMAR kicked off a new initiative to tackle one of the biggest challenges in coastal fisheries: accidental bycatch of dolphins and other cetaceans in the Portuguese beach seine fishery. In June, we started by talking directly with fishers across several beaches on the western coast. Through detailed questionnaires, we learned that…
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