Scientist Says Ropeless Lobster and Crab Traps Could Prevent Whale Entanglement Deaths
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [CBC News] by Iain Boekhoff - December 28, 2017
A U.S. scientist is trying to stop right whale entanglements with fishing gear, which garnered increased attention after a spate of deaths this past summer.
Mark Baumgartner, a biologist at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in Woods Hole, Mass., has been studying North Atlantic right whales since 1999. He said in recent years there's been a shift toward conservation to try and save the species because they could be ...
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