$200 bird scaring line for trawlers can cut albatross deaths by over 90 percent
Tuesday, May 6, 2014 - 11:30
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 in Animal Conservation assesses mortality figures from South Africa to show that a simple bird scaring line can reduce the mortality rate by over 90%.