Namibian fishing laws cut seabird deaths | BBC Wildlife Magazine
January 8, 2021 at 3:30 pm Efforts to prevent seabirds from accidentally being killed during fishing operations off the coast of Namibia have been hailed as “a major conservation success”. Advertisement Biological Conservation, the introduction of more stringent fishing regulations in the country since 2015 has reduced the overall seabird bycatch rate by at least 90%. The study also attributes the fall in seabird mortality to work led by the Albatross Task Force (ATF) – an organisation e...
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