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The unfortunate thing is that no matter whether something is illegal or not, it can still be a victim of bycatch when fishing for legal species, and bycatch mor
by rfeather 8y ago
The unfortunate thing is that no matter whether something is illegal or not, it can still be a victim of bycatch when fishing for legal species, and bycatch mortality is quite high. Bycatch is actually higher than actual catch by weight for some fisheries+methods.[1] It's not just what you eat, but where it came from.
[1] http://www.fao.org/docrep/003/t4890e/t4890e03.htm http://www.fao.org/docrep/003/t4890e/t4890e03.htm
Edit: A couple of extra spaces removed
- pvaldes 8y agoAnd of course the word 'illegal' in the open sea, when you have huge nurse ships in international waters (that will not touch any port in the country) means nothing.