Scientists and Fishers Have Teamed Up to Find a Way to Save Manta Rays
The diamond-shaped fish often get caught up in tuna fishers’ nets, which can be deadly
The vessel rolled in the swell as fishers pulled huge nets bursting with tuna onto the deck then poured the catch down a loading hatch.
But Melissa Cronin wasn’t there for the tuna. She was looking for ways to save manta and devil rays caught by accident. The marine ecologist at Duke University cofounded the Mobula Conservation Project, named after the genus of these fishes.
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