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Tag: trawling

Suffocating Sea Snakes: How fishing harms these undersea reptiles
Conservation

Suffocating Sea Snakes: How fishing harms these undersea reptiles

There are snakes in the ocean, and this is how they suffer from harmful fishing practices.
September 10, 2021September 9, 2021 Francesca Giammona
Whistle While you Work (for Lunch): Dolphin Communication Techniques During Foraging
Behavior

Whistle While you Work (for Lunch): Dolphin Communication Techniques During Foraging

Dolphin groups, or pods, need every member working together to communicate and find food. To do this, dolphins whistle to…
December 21, 2020December 20, 2020 Francesca Giammona
Commercial fishing in Marine Protected Areas highlights the need for careful management
Conservation

Commercial fishing in Marine Protected Areas highlights the need for careful management

Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) increase biodiversity and preserve ecosystem health when they are properly managed. But researchers have detected destructive…
December 24, 2018 Ashley Marranzino
Biology Ecology Fisheries Human impacts

Bottom trawling changes bodies: the new seafloor diet

Seafloor trawling inevitably captures more than the species it is targeting. This means that when the remaining fishes line up…
January 7, 2015January 7, 2015 Sarah Fuller

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