Seabirds Exploit Pound Nets for Easy Prey in the Baltic Sea, Causing Fishery Losses
In the Western Baltic Sea, fisheries target migrating mackerel and needlefish with pound nets, which funnel passing shoals into a series of smaller nets until they are trapped. The traps are emptied…
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