The small population of North Atlantic right whales is in danger of extinction. These whales were hunted nearly to extinction by commercial whalers by the end of the 1700s, but today are at risk from entanglement in...
Baited hooks in longline fisheries set below 100 meters of water to avoid the principle feeding zones of sea turtles and other epipelagic species. Increasing the depth at which pelagic drift nets are set may also reduce bycatch rates of air-breathing vertebrates.