Commercial fishing estimated to kill millions of sea turtles
Wednesday, April 7, 2010 - 06:00
in Biology & Nature
The number of sea turtles inadvertently snared by commercial fishing gear over the past 20 years may reach into the millions, according to the first peer-reviewed study to compile sea turtle bycatch data from gillnet, trawl and longline fisheries worldwide...
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