$200 bird scaring line for trawlers can cut albatross deaths by over 90 percent
Tuesday, May 6, 2014 - 18:32
in Biology & Nature
The sight of seabirds following trawlers in order to feast from discarded fish is a common maritime sight, but each year many thousands of seabirds are killed by overhanging cables or in nets. New research assesses mortality figures from South Africa to show that a simple bird scaring line can reduce the mortality rate by over 90 percent.