Cetacean bycatch
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Cetacean bycatch is the technical term for the incidental capture of non-target cetacean species by fisheries. Species which are seriously affected by this include dolphins, porpoises, and whales. Bycatch can be caused by entanglement in fishing nets and lines or hooks, or direct capture in hooks or trawl nets.
Fish caught in nets that are designed not to harm dolphins is marketed as "dolphin safe".
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- European Cetacean Bycatch Campaign
- Cetacean Bycatch Resource Center
- Sea Anglers Conservation Network press release on cetacean bycatch
- Newspaper article describes an ensnared whale who seemingly thanked her rescuers
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