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An endangered North Atlantic right whale was spotted entangled in fishing gear off the North Carolina coast on Dec. 16. Becoming entangled in fishing gear is one of the two leading causes of death ...
A 2012 analysis of the scarification of right whales over the years 1980 to 2009 showed that 82.9% of all North Atlantic right whales experienced at least one fishing gear entanglement, 59.0% have had more than one such experience, and an average of 15.5% of the population are entangled in fishing gear annually. [50]
A sea turtle entangled in a ghost net. Ghost nets are fishing nets that have been abandoned, lost, or otherwise discarded in the ocean, lakes, and rivers. [1] These nets, often nearly invisible in the dim light, can be left tangled on a rocky reef or drifting in the open sea.
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This modern fish gear is robust and invisible to the eye, making it efficient at catching fish and bycatching everything that happens to be in the way. [27] Hook-and-line fishing could limit bycatch to a certain extent as the non-target animals can be released back to the ocean fairly quickly. [26]
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